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Location:

Saratoga Springs,UT,

Member Since:

Jan 31, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

2016 Finished 12 100-milers during the year.  86 career 100-mile finishes, 9th in the world.   First person to do 6 consecutive summits of Mount Timpanogos.  Won Crooked Road 24-hour race. Achieved the 5th, 6th, and 8th fastest 100-mile times in the world for runners age 57+ for the year.

2013  First person to bag the six highest Wasatch peaks in one day. First and only person to do a Kings Peak double (highest peak in Utah).  I've now accomplished it four times. 

2010 - Overall first place Across the Years 48-hour run (187 miles), Overall first place Pony Express Traill 100.

2009 - Utah State Grand Masters 5K champion (Road Runners Club of America).  National 100-mile Grand Masters Champion (Road Runners Club of America). USATF 100-mile National Champion for age 50-54.

2006 - Set record of five consecutive Timpanogos Summits ("A record for the criminally insane")  See: http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=42

2007 - Summited 7 Utah 13-ers in one day.  See: http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=14 

Only person to have finished nine different 100-mile races in Utah: Wasatch, Bear, Moab, Pony Express Trail, Buffalo Run, Salt Flats, Bryce, Monument Valley, Capitol Reef.

PRs - all accomplished when over 50 years old

5K - 19:51 - 2010 Run to Walk 5K

10K - 42:04 - 2010 Smile Center

1/2 Marathon: 1:29:13 - 2011 Utah Valley

Marathon - 3:23:43 - 2010 Ogden Marathon

50K - 4:38 - 2010 Across the Years split

50-mile - 8:07 - 2010 Across the Years split

100K - 10:49 - 2010 Across The Years split

12-hours 67.1 miles - 2010 Across The Years split

100-mile 19:40 - 2011 Across the Years split

24-hours 117.8 miles - 2011 Across the Years split

48-hours 187.033 miles - 2010 Across the Years

Long-Term Running Goals:

I would like to keep running ultras into my 60s. 

Personal:

Details at: http://www.crockettclan.org/ultras/ultracrockett.pdf Married with six kids and six grandchildren.  Started running at the age of 46 in 2004.  My first race since Junior High days was a 50K. I skipped the shorter road stuff and went straight to ultramarathons.  I started as a back-of-the packer, but have progressed to a top-10-percent ultra finisher.  Wish I would have started running at a much earlier age.  Have had several articles published in national running magazines.  Check out my running adventure blog at www.crockettclan.org/blog

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Feeling pretty good.  I may not have run that 100-miler very fast, and it didn't feel easy at the time, but it sure was easy on my body.  A muscle in my arm is the only problem and I suspect it was because I put my watch on too tight and things swelled up.  I didn't notice the problem until the finish.

Went to the car repair shop, and so far they were very nice.  I showed the the picture, and they didn't dispute that they had put in that part.  Where it came loose should not have happened.  They think it is a defective part from the dealer.  They sent my former stake president (who works there) to go out and tow it in.  I sure hope the shooters were away hunting and didn't use the car for target practice.

Still pretty bummed out about the weekend but reading all the race reports is cheering me up.  The only ones that are a little negative are from the very experience mountain ultrarunners who DNFed.  They just couldn't handle the flat dirt roads.

What really makes me happy is to hear comments from the crews who seemed to have a fantastic time.  I'm convinced that this experience helps families of ultrarunners finally get it, and they become excited and want to be a part of it more.  Even my own family was out there for awhile and both my daughter and young son were talking about somehow running part of it next year.

One funny story.  As my wife drove by after Simpson Springs in the morning, the dog got excited to see me so I had her run with me for awhile.  But the crazy dog who totally loves my wife, just couldn't stand knowing she was in the car behind.  She kept stopping and wanting to go back.  Finally the car went forward and that crazy little dog was dragging me on the leash like crazy.  It worked out very well, I could run much easier being dragged and increased my pace quite a bit.

Comments
From jun on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 13:18:28 from 205.158.160.209

Hm, being pulled by a dog. That might be cheating.

Someone actually complained? I'd like to read that report. Silly.

From crockett on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 14:33:23 from 216.49.181.254

Not really complaining, just a bunch of DNF justification. No mention about the beauty of the course, etc. http://footfeathers.blogspot.com/

Yes, I'm glad the race officials didn't see me getting pulled.

From crockett on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 14:40:18 from 216.49.181.254

Actually he does mention the beauty of the course (or added it) and followed up in the comments with some nice things. I also helped arrange for his crew, so he is grateful. DNFs are just hard to swallow.

From crockett on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 14:45:13 from 216.49.181.254

On Cheri's facebook page is a long thread where she announced her DNF. I know she really had her heart on winning it, but wasn't trained for the flats, so you first blame the course. She admitted that she was still "crabby" about it. Any DNF leaves you with a bad taste about the race. My last DNF was Leadville in '08. I still don't want to go back there. I blame it on a crappy course. Ha, ha.

From crockett on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 14:47:56 from 216.49.181.254

The others who DNFed can't wait to come back and get revenge. Kim Brown sent a really nice note. She had a great time continuing along to crew Jennifer Richards.

From Kelli on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 23:20:18 from 71.219.90.3

I hope the car repairs go well, that just really was a bad start to your weekend!

We loved the race. It was very cool. It worked very well for my husband. He is not sure if he could actually do a different course where he was not getting aide every couple of miles. I guess he would have to wear camel pack or something to carry enough water between stops.

I was surprised how pretty it was out there. I was expecting ugly, but it was not.

GREAT JOB! You run a fabulous race and it really is a unique opportunity to be on the course for sure.

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