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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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Fri, Jan 28, 2011
Total Distance
5.00

Five easy TM miles.  8:30 pace at 5%.  In my taper mode, just enough to keep the taper pains away and not get tired out.

At the eleventh hour, the RR100 RD announced that no headphones, music, etc. could be used while running RR100.  I couldn't believe he would put in that rule after everyone had already registered.  I waged a campaign against it. I stuck out my neck and probably made some enemies.  While I don't always run with music, I find it offensive that people keep trying to ban it from our sport for purist reasons, not true safety reasons.  "You should be listening to nature.  You shouldn't be distracted, etc."  Give me a break, let me run how I want to.   100-milers are so long and sometimes it gets so lonely at night, there is no reason to ban them on safe trails. He mentions that people aren't hearing people who want to pass them.  Bogus reason.  I lapped more than 100 runners there last year and can only recall one runner who I had to tap on the shoulder in a friendly way.  No biggy.  The biggest problem is the litter.  For some reason in Texas they trash their courses.  I've never seen it so bad as at Rocky Raccoon.  And another bad problem is lights in the face at night in the two-way portions of the course.  Pacers for slow runners point their lights up at you as your approach and blind you.  That is a far bigger safety concern.

Some point to USATF "rules" against headphones.  These rules don't exist other than championship events.   USATF needs to stay out of ultras anyway. Their 100-mile national championship each year gets no attention, it is a joke.  Shoot, I even won their 50+ age group a couple years ago, but it isn't a big deal. They don't help ultras, except for providing affordable insurance to race directors.  Otherwise their influence only is an imposition with little benefits.  OK, off my soap box.

Well, looks like it worked, the RD backed down for this year, but implied he would ban it next year and doesn't give any understandable reasons why. This is likely my last RR100.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Black Miles: 5.00
Comments
From DaleG on Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 18:28:36 from 67.2.71.99

Right on Davy!!! Way to stick up for what is right. I get bored on long runs and can only imagine how bad it would be during any ultra-distance race, especially a 100 miler.

From Dorsimus on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 13:26:10 from 75.162.131.92

Way to go. I have to say I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to running with music-I very rarely do it (though I would certainly do it on longer ultra distances)-BUT it's certainly not for me to tell other people that they should do the same...if it works for them to run with music, makes the race more enjoyable, AND brings more people to the the race, then GREAT! Why bother people trying to impose rules that really have nothing to do with safety? (I noticed that RAGNAR in the past had imposed the no headphone rule, until they decided they really didn't care about the USATF rules and now they just 'recommend' wearing them in one ear and being mindful and aware when using them - seems to work just fine).

From Jon on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 13:32:59 from 98.71.181.194

Grr.

From Rob on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 13:39:27 from 204.15.86.95

If I ever decide to run 100 miler, I'm going to get some of those big screen movie goggles and a surround sound system. I get bored easy :)

From flatlander on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 14:12:51 from 76.31.26.153

Man, sorry to hear about that, in my own back yard no less. Hope you have a really fast race this year. I guess it depends on the temps more than anything.

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