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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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Fri, May 22, 2009
Total Distance
9.00

OK, after all the whining on this blog yesterday, by afternoon I had no pain in the foot.  Go figure.   One theory is that my dress shoes that I wear to work are bad for the tendon.  I'll go get some new ones.

This morning I forgot to set the alarm so didn't wake up until 4:45.  The foot was still pain-free, so I headed to the rec center to run the treadmill.  As I arrived, I thought to myself how stupid this was.  It was 51 degrees out and the morning was perfect.  Why not run outside?  So I turned around and drove home.  

I'm still not ready to run trails, but if I am going to run Squaw Peak in two weeks, I need to start doing more hill training.  So, what I did was run up a paved road called Grandview Blvd that goes for one mile and climbs 300 feet.   I ran up and down it three times.  I was tentative, because of the foot.  I felt more pain on the downhill but it was very mild.  My mile splits for the last two trips were: 10:52 (up), 10:22 (down), 11:15 (up), 10:25 (down).   The sore muscles from the marathon last Saturday are almost gone...just a little in the calfs and hamstring.

On the downside, the neuroma in my right foot is a problem.  It really flaired up during the marathon and still is a problem after five miles. Pavement flairs it up a lot more than trails.  A neuroma is a bunching of nerves in the ball of the foot that shoots bad pain up into your toes.  It can hurt terribly.  If it flairs up during ultras, usually after 7 miles is calms down, probably because the rest of the foot swells a little and protects it.   But right now it is about as bad as it has been.  Stupid pavement.   I wish I could get off it.

Tomorrow I'll go volunteer at the Sapper Joe 50K which is only a few miles from my home.  I was going to run this race, but instead I will volunteer.  This is the first race I will miss because of my injury.  I hope emotionally I won't be too bummed out.  I will make sure I wear jeans instead of my running gear to prevent myself from running with friends.

P.M.  Three more miles with the dog including up and down the Grandview mile (300 feet climb).  Splits 9:14 up, 7:20 down.   Felt pretty good to work the legs a little harder.

 

Mizuno Wave Elixer Miles: 9.00
Comments
From maurine on Fri, May 22, 2009 at 09:41:18 from 63.255.172.2

Good call on Sapper Joe. I hope you can still run Squaw Peak. However, you need to learn to stop earlier - although I know that is hard as an ultramarathoner.

I'm considering your race in October as a possibility instead of the OV50. I like the price and I like trails.

From crockett on Fri, May 22, 2009 at 09:50:47 from 71.36.72.76

Yes, come join us for Pony Express. We have great fun. You just need to find a crew to drive along, a great way to share the experience with others. And anyone can jump out of the crew vehicle at any point to run along with you.

From maurine on Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:06:39 from 63.255.172.2

I have a brother-in-law who loves to drive the Pony Express Trail and has more vacation days than he can ever use.

From jun on Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:23:58 from 66.239.250.209

It's too bad you can't run Sapper Joe tomorrow. You'll probably be at one of the 50k aide stations that isn't shared with the 30k, so I may not even get to say 'hello'. In any case, it should be a very enjoyable race. Pony Express sounds and looks awesome, although I think it is a little early in my career to run that far. Planning to run my age on my birthday this year (also in Oct.). That will be my first ultra.

From maurine on Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:29:38 from 63.255.172.2

(Babies - pah!).

Me too - that's why I want to do a 50 miler before 2010 ends :)

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