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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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Hit the trail at 3:50 a.m.   34 degrees, very little breeze.  Sluggish, so took it very easy and took a tougher route than usual and climbed up on the ridge by the Ranches, overlooking northern Utah County.  The lights are always incredible.  Without much of a breeze this morning, it was pleasant up there.

PM

Ran ten miles at the Lehi Legacy Center track, 8-minute miles.

Comments
From Smooth on Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 15:08:56

3:50am???!!! WOW, you're amazing!!! What time do you get up and go to bed? I'm missing out on life. How often do you do two a day? What do you like about running at the Legacy Center track? I've never done any workout there. Isn't that a rather short track?

From crockett on Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 17:40:35

To get up at 3:50, I usually have to be asleep by 9:30-10:00. I also catnap on the bus to and from work in SLC. That helps a lot. I rarely do two-a-days. Doing it for two weeks to build up my training before my 24-hour run on Dec 30. Legacy Center Track? Usually only when the weather is bad. The soft surface is much better than pavement. Its better then a treadmill. But this month, again it is to help me get ready for my 24-hour run which will be on a 500 meter track.

From Smooth on Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 18:09:42

Thanks for answering my curiosity about your training. What an interesting 2 weeks schedule you have going.

24 hours on a 500 meter track??!! I am really missing out on life!!! Do you get to change direction every so many hours? Man alive, can't image running in circles!!!

From tarzan on Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 21:40:29

Smooth - they change directions every 2 hours. It is the Across the Years race down in Phoenix - one of my dream races (but I can never get in)

From tarzan on Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 21:41:05

Very impressive mileage for a weekday Davy!

From crockett on Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:40:25

ATY will be a blast. It is quite a party and very social since so many of us know each other from other races. My wife and a kid or two will also be coming down, so we will have a fun time.

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