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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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Wed, Jul 15, 2009
Total Distance
1.00

I'm in taper mode.  I planned to get up and run about seven miles but with the Harry Potter mania going on in the house, kids coming home in the middle of the night, dogs barking, etc., I wanted more sleep.

Now my thoughts turn to Tahoe Rim 100 on Saturday.  That was probably my best race performance last year.  I finished in 25:53, (17th out of  111) which was over two hours faster than my first finish there.  I would be VERY happy to just repeat that performance.  However, I will push for even more.  Here are my split goals.

  miles Goal 2006 2008
Start 0 0:00 0 0
Hobart 6.4 1:10 1:13 1:11
Tunnel Creek 11.4 2:00 2:07 2:02
Tunnel Creek 17.7 3:15 3:33 3:19
Mt. Rose 26.7 5:05 5:37 5:14
Tunnel Creek 35.7 7:05 7:51 7:12
Hobart 40.7 8:25 9:30 8:35
Snow Valley 43.5 9:20 10:31 9:29
Spooner 50.6 10:50 12:12 11:00
Hobart 56.6 12:35 14:32 13:01
Tunnel Creek 61.6 13:50 15:52 14:26
Tunnel Creek 67.9 15:50 18:02 16:33
Mt. Rose 76.9 18:15 21:00 19:01
Tunnel Creek 85.9 20:40 23:56 21:35
Hobart 90.9 22:05 25:47:00 23:21
Snow Valley 93.7 23:10 26:43:00 24:27:00
Finish 101 24:40:00 28:04:00 25:53:00

If I would have achieved a 24:40 last year, that would have netted me a 10th place finish.  I don't think the field is as competitive toward the top this year.

This race is run up on the ridges above the eastern side of Lake Tahoe.   The temperatures are usually pleasant for running.  For some odd reason, the finishing rate is very low, around 60% or less.   The course and conditions are not that tough.  However, mentally, it requires toughness because you do a 50-mile loop twice and I think a lot of people quit after the first loop, not wanting to go out into the night to do it again.

I've been working to solve the problems I had at Bighorn 100 last month.

1. Shoes.  I believe I've solved this. I have two new models that have tested out well.  I shouldn't have bad feet problems.

2. Dehydration.  Bighorn started in the heat at 11 a.m.   This race starts in the cool early morning.   I'll push the liquids and electrolytes harder.

3. Ankle.   The ankle feels much better.  It still has pain, but it held up very well on my Timp run on Monday.

Comments
From jun on Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 13:52:07 from 66.239.250.209

Good luck. It sounds like a ridiculous amount of fun.

From crockett on Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 14:07:48 from 216.49.181.128

Thanks jun, regarding your worries. Don't sweat tired-feeling legs. That will go away. Comes and goes for me all the time. Right knee, if under the knee cap is usually a bruised knee cap (Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome). Does it hurt after sitting and going down stairs? If so, this is because the knee cap probably was sliding out of its groove a little during the long run. Rest will solve it, but you can run through it. Working your quads will tighten up the knee cap to stay in that groove. Careful with cross-training activities....elipticals can make it worse and kicking from swimming can make it worse. I wear sleeves on my knees while swimming to avoid getting the knee caps loose.

From Jon on Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 17:03:32 from 128.217.221.145

Yes, good luck and have a whole heck of a lot of fun. Remember, go easy the first 99, then give it all ya got!

From Maurine/Tarzan on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 11:28:59 from 63.255.172.2

Dave - good luck on the race tomorrow. I hope that all your plans go well and that the ankle holds up for you. No major face plants - especially with boulders. That is an order!

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