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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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I wanted to greet Karl Meltzer as he approached the Wasatch Front on his epic end-to-end run of the Pony Express Trail.  I had a little trouble finding him because he took a wrong turn at Fairfield, but after a quick call to jun, who checked the spot tracking online, he helped me figure out where he was.   I parked my car when I saw the RV's in the distance and ran back and surprised Karl.

He was in great spirits and seemed to enjoy the company as I ran with him across Cedar Valley.  I enjoyed hearing about his adventures thus far.  Lots of crazy mishaps with his crew, navigation challenges.  He's anxious to arrive home this afternoon in Sandy and will take tomorrow off because of media appointments.

His pace is good, averaging about 5 mph, but for a good portion he ran 10-minute miles.  After seven miles, I was beat, still not fully recovered from the Bear.   I let him know who won the Bear this year and how it all went.

He seemed to enjoy the run through western Utah.   He ran through my Pony Express 100 route during the last couple days.   I awarded him the first Pony Express Trail 100 belt buckle.  He got a kick out of that.

As we ran, his eyes were on Lone Peak in the distance.  He kept commenting how it was coming closer and closer.  That was his target for arriving home.  For the rest of Utah, he plans to leave the trail a bit and run on trails for awhile.  I'm sure the dirt road and pavement pounding is getting to him.  When I ran with him, he would seek out the dirt and even grassy shoulders to run on.   His feet are doing great and Hokas holding up very well.

It was a fun morning.

 

 

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Green Miles: 7.00
Comments
From Maurine/Miles on Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 15:11:15 from 63.255.172.2

That is awesome that you went out and supported him and that he got the first belt buckle!

From Jon on Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 15:35:03 from 74.177.99.190

That's cool. Very thoughtful with the buckle. Glad to hear he's doing well.

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