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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.or g/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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Sat, Jan 14, 2012

Total Distance

4.00

In the pool at 5 a.m. As I arrived, it looked like kids were also coming. They were surprised to see me that early. Looks like they were planning on some hanky-panky in the pool or something. The old guy cramped their style and made them behave. They only stayed an hour.

Tough workout. Two-mile swim, 30 minutes pool running (using hand floats, doing a cross-country-ski motion in the deep end), also tough kicking to really work the hamstrings and quads. Beautiful sunrise from the pool which has a great vantage point and little above the lake. Went in and did 100 situps and tried using the elipticle and bike. Those machines are bad for serious runners, they put your feet too far apart, causing an improper angle, like over-pronating, putting pressure on the inner knee. I just can't stay on them long. Felt pretty worn out. The leg is feeling great, very tempted to run, but sticking to the recovery plan.

Gave my Altra Lone Peak shoes to my son. No offence, but I've concluded they are very poor shoes for long distance on trails. I'd never run in them for an ultra. Perhaps if I was 140 pounds, but the foot protection is just bad. They are a stress fracture waiting to happen. I do like the zero drop. They just need a good foot plate in them and a little more cushioning. As my son starts running, I'm hoping they can teach my son some good form, and toughen up his feet without injuring him. With only 4-8 mile runs he should be fine. I'll monitor it. He ran about 25 miles this week and just complains of some hip soreness which is just typical soreness from increasing miles. On the bright side, they are very cool looking shoes, and great toe-box space, and didn't seem to have blister problems. I think they are a pretty great marketing idea, can really be successful for those who are caught up in the minimalist craze. But for long distances on trails, protective shoes will result in much faster times and fewer injuries. For those who love these shoes, just be careful.

p.m. Walk with the dog. Leg ached pretty bad by the end. Oh well, have patience. It has only been two weeks since the damage. It isn't terrible, sometimes just feels like taper pains, but they are always in the same place. The good news is that the pain is not in the joint area where my knee got scraped out by the doctor in 03. But the pain radiates down the bone. Its almost been nine years since that injury.

Pool Laps Miles: 64.00

Comments

From cachedout on Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 15:41:33 from 24.10.223.155

I'm pretty much exactly where you are with the Lone Peaks. I really, really want to love them but at the end of the day I just...don't.

Add a better rock plate and make the whole thing a little bit lighter and I'll be back for sure.

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