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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 to go run on the trails but could see that a drenching rain had fallen over night.  Mud is that last thing I wanted to run through, but I went ahead and ran up Lott Canyon (on Lake Mountain).  It turned out that the dirt was wet, but not muddy.  It turned out to be a slow recovery run.  My endurance isn't back yet, will take a day or two more.  I just wasn't interested in getting my heart rate up yet.  Muscles and joints all felt great.  The problem ankle still has some soreness, but nothing bad.   I wore some new shoes as needed to adjust them a few times to get the right lace tension.  I could still feel the left big toe being jammed against the front of the shoe on the downhills.  It is still tender from the run last weekend.  I always do have numbness in the tip of the toe because of rubbing from the thousands of miles over the past few years.

Anyway, feeling pretty good.  I'm thrilled to be back out doing trail training again after being sidelined for the past few months because of the injury.   I guess that does sound kind of silly because during this injury I did run two marathons, one 50 mile race, and one 100 mile race.

Weight: 176.  My goal is to get under 170 for Tahoe Rim 100 next month.   I was talking with another ultrarunner after the Bighorn 100 and he commented that my weight was almost clidesdale weight for ultrarunning.   I know that sounds silly, but it is true for front-to-mid-pack 100-mile runners.   I'll work at it.

Two miles with the dog in the afternoon.

Vasque Velocity (Grey Yellow) Miles: 8.00
Comments
From jun on Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:48:56 from 66.239.250.209

Sounds like a good run this morning. Glad to hear that things are getting back to normal for you.

From Nevels on Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:53:39 from 131.204.15.93

Alright, Davy, who's your money on at Western this weekend?

I got Jurek and Kimball

From crockett on Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 13:13:09 from 216.49.181.128

WS100: Tough be bet against Scott Jurek. I'm hoping for Anton Krupicka to break through.

I'll never run the race. The lottery is too tough to get through....the race has way too much California hype. There are far many better races, and the weather is way too hot. Too many people set their sights on that race, like it is the Boston of ultras or something. No thanks, I'll run other races.

From Nevels on Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 13:20:55 from 131.204.15.93

I would get behind Krupicka (I like his style), but I heard he had an injury that sidelined his training for a while.

I'd like to run Western, but I agree, there are other epics out there. One day....Hardrock....

From crockett on Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 14:30:29 from 216.49.181.128

Yes, he got injured shortly after passing by me in the Desert RATS 50 race. (We weren't running in the same direction. He was already on the way back.) However, on his blog is looks like he has been doing pretty intense mountain training in Colorado. But you are probably right. He may have even pulled out because Karl doesn't include him in his odds.

And yes, I would bet on Nikki. She is amazing.

Hardrock: Hopefully next year will be my year. Two years of lottery rejects for me.

From Nevels on Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 14:39:10 from 131.204.15.93

I've been following Krupicka's and Meltzer's blogs, as well. Tony K is a solid runner, and I'd be interested to see how he would do against the field, but given the utter omission of WS from his blog, I was just assuming he had pulled out.

Good luck on getting into Hardrock; I've got to go get myself a qualifier. For some reason, Pinhoti isn't on the list (tongue inserted firmly in cheek)

Oh, well, I'm just anxious to see how it all turns out. Any race with that stacked of a field should be interesting...

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