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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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No running today, just walking.   Calf soreness almost gone from the Saturday marathon.   The ankle is sore, but seems to calm down as it gets warmed up.   It is all about rest this week to get ready for Bighorn 100 on Friday.  I don't want to gain any weight, so I'll try to hit the pool some to burn some calories.   This morning, the alarm went off and I chose to sleep in.

The weather forecast looks like it will be dry for the race, and probably hot.   Ten degrees hotter on Saturday than Friday.  The race starts on Friday at 11 a.m. and climbs immediatly up 3,500 feet, so that cools things down.  But, 24 hours later, I'll be coming back down.  I'll finish the race in the early afternoon and the last 12 miles are always the hottest.   I could be on the hot dirt road in nearly 90 degrees.   I hate that.   Running in 90 degrees at mile 95 is torture.  Oh well, I've done it before, I'll just have to prepare for it.

Comments
From Jon on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 13:50:50 from 138.64.2.76

Why do they start the race at 11 am?

From crockett on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 13:57:54 from 216.49.181.128

This is a very unique 100-miler. Concurrently they also run a 50-mile, 50K, and 30K race. They stagger the starts so all races finish about the same time on Saturday afternoon at a park in Dayton, Wyoming. It actually is pretty cool. Last year was the first time I "beat" all the 50-milers. The front-running 50K runner caught up to me and I kept up with him step-for-step for a couple miles as we blasted down the huge final descent. He was shocked that I was a 100-miler, keeping up with him. At one point during the day, there are about 500 runners somewhere on the course from the four races.

In other years I was slower, so I was finishing the race with mid-pack 50K runners and some of the top-20 50-milers. They are always so kind and encouraging to any 100-milers they see. Our bib numbers and colors tell which race we are in.

From jun on Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:56:04 from 66.239.250.209

That sounds like a fantastic event, even if it means you have to finish in the heat. Maybe it will be something worth looking into in the future. Good luck.

From Maurine/Tarzan on Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:25:15 from 63.255.172.2

I was going to ask you the same question.

That is pretty interesting about the staggered starts so you can all finish together.

Good luck, Dave!

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