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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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Thu, Mar 04, 2010

Total Distance

8.00

My cold hit me full force last night. We'll see if I try to run today. Usually that makes me feel better.

p.m. 8 miles on treamill. Did some hill work. 6 miles at 8:30 pace with average of 10% incline. Was planning on only 5, but felt good and kept going. Could tell my heart rate was up more than usual due to the cold, but ended out feeling much better.

Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 8.00

Comments

From Nevels on Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 16:36:59 from 131.204.15.93

Davy,

Any really insightful tips for a 24-hour run? I've got one coming up (actually, just a 12-hour race that I'm doubling), and I was just looking around for different strategies (my current strategy simply being to go run, nice and easy, for a day).

From crockett on Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 17:37:58 from 71.36.80.124

My only attempt of a 24-hour was ATY in 2008. http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=134

I still have a lot to learn how to do these well. Keys seem to be minimizing any stops, having very handy access to you things, and dressing warm at night if chilly. I hope to return to ATY in 2010 to try a 48-hour run.

From Nevels on Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 17:41:08 from 131.204.15.93

Cool, thanks.

I'll have access to my stuff every mile, and I'm planning on bringing every article of warm clothing I own, just in case....

From crockett on Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 17:56:52 from 71.36.80.124

So the key to a good time would be to be very organized with your stuff. The temptation is to stop often, and if you mess around finding things, that really wastes time. I brought a table so I would have things laid out and I could grab things without stooping over or sitting. That seemed to help.

From Nevels on Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 14:40:38 from 131.204.15.93

Good call. I was planning on having a table out, but making sure things are at least somewhat organized is a good idea.

I'm thinking that I'll try to limit myself to stopping, at most, once every 5 or 6 miles (it's a one mile loop), maybe once every 10 (with the obvious exception of bathroom breaks if need be...)

Thanks...

From crockett on Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 14:49:59 from 216.49.181.254

You'll want to balance that with the ability to carry very little. I wouldn't even carry a water bottle at times, could drop it off and pick it up very fast.

From Nevels on Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 14:53:12 from 131.204.15.93

Yeah... I learned that trick at the 12 hour last year. I basically carried the water bottle for one lap, set it down for the next one or two. Makes a ton of difference.

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