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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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Got up at 1:45 a.m. and drove up to do a moon-lit run of Timp.  Started around 2:45 or so.  I was very surprised that I didn't feel any pain in the leg so I pushed it a bit harder today.  Fitness felt good and strong, but I purposely held back somewhat.   At the slide area below the basin, I met son Ryan heading down.  He had started a few hours earlier and said he made it up in 2:45, great for his 3rd time ever, and in the dark.   I caught some hikers resting above the basin who had watched my fast-moving light.  They were impressed with my speed.  It is nice to hear speed comments again.   A couple guys at the saddle asked if I had met up with my son, they must have talked to him.   I blew by a couple more groups and headed up to the summit, reaching there in 2:34, slow for me, but better.   I signed the book and notice some dude had put down double figures for his career summit.  I looked.  It was jun, who went up yesterday.   I marked mine, 69th.

Now the test, going down with a lot more weight on the leg.   It went very well.  I hardly felt any pain.  My new Stinson Evo Hokas are a problem.  Just not enough support to keep the problem foot from turning in.  I'll work on the shoe.  I also ordered some MaFates which have better support.

Early dawn arrived in the basin.   The smoky sunrise was stunning over Heber.  The wildflowers exploded with colors.   Down below the basin, I saw 4 moose.  Two of them ran ahead of me on the trail and were determined to stay on the trail for a quarter mile or so.  They would stop, look back at me to see if I was still coming, and then run ahead again.  I had a very uncomfortable feeling chasing moose.  Not good.  Finally they left the trail.

I ran into a bunch of hikers during the last mile.   It was a beautiful morning.   I had been able to keep a run going all the way down.   Wow, what an improvement since my first attempt 12 days ago.   I finished in 4:14.   Not overly speedy, but solid.   I was very timid on the downhill.

During the day at work, no pain in the leg.   Well, it looks like I will still try to run Cascade Crest 100.   The RD extended the time to decide.  Since I had such a big improvement over the last 12 days, I should improve even more over the next 22 day.

Comments
From Kendall on Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 18:17:11 from 208.187.252.10

He's baaaaaaaaaaaack!

From Russ on Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 15:11:45 from 74.114.3.253

Congrats! Hopefully the progress continues, and quickly.

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