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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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Tue, Dec 21, 2010
Total Distance
15.00

More than a foot of snow fell overnight.  I ran nine miles on the treadmill.  I'm officially tapering now, turning my attention to Across the Years 48-hour race in Arizona, in 8 days from now.  Looking at the competition, a top-3 finish isn't totally unrealistic.  Two of the runners are world-class or at least on national class.  I don't think I can touch them.   But the rest of the field are possible to beat.  In past years, 180-190 miles usually wins the race.  I'm hoping to at least go over 150, but hoping for 170.   It all depends on how the feet hold up and avoiding over-use injuries.  You just never know will happen.   Two years ago when I ran the 24-hour race, I watched a world-class runner (who must hold many records) break down and slowly walk around the track for hours and hours.

I'll likely go out kind of fast and will lead for awhile, I know I can't hold back in the beginning.  The race favorite will start 24 hours after me.  I chose to start with the first group on Dec 29th because if you start the second day, there is far more passing going on because of the slow runners on the track who have been at it for 24 hours.  Instead, I'll be one of the slower runners on day 2 that the second group has to pass. Hopefully I'll be at least 100 miles ahead of the second group when they start.

Crazy, crazy, crazy.  But I think I'm ready.  I run lots of flat miles the last couple of months and my legs seem to be happy doing it.  I'll be bringing my son Kevin with me and he will crew and pace me.   We'll have a tent set up inside a huge heated tent.  Hopefully I won't have to do much snoozing in it.

I expect to finish out this month with about 450 miles total.  My PR month was 400 miles in 2008.

p.m. 6 more easy treadmill miles.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Black Miles: 15.00
Comments
From Tom on Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 16:31:56 from 137.65.56.16

You've had an incredible mileage and racing year Dave. It will be interesting to see what happens in Arizona. Good luck!

From jun on Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 16:57:54 from 97.126.228.50

Oh SNAP! I forgot you were doing the 48 hr race. Good luck Sir Crockett, that is awesome.

From Rhett on Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 18:02:52 from 216.67.221.93

That is really cool that you are doing a 48 hour race. Why is it that people start on different days? I'll be interested to read about how it goes. Good luck.

From crockett on Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 19:35:48 from 71.32.233.14

ATY is a three-day race, a 72-hour race with 49 starters. They all start Dec 29. In the 48-hour race there are 26 starters, Two groups, one group starting on the 29th, and another group on the 30th. This helps reduce the number of runners on the track on each day. There is also 54 24-hour runners, three groups, one each day. On the second day, only 9 of these start. So, this is the way the spread out the runners. So 84 runners on the course on the 30th. The 72-hour runners go really slow on the 31st.

From Jon on Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 21:55:41 from 74.177.125.243

Wow, like Jun, I didn't realize you were doing the 48 hr. Good luck- heck of a year-end party.

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