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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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Still sore and tired.  I think it was pretty good that I was back to work just 18 hours after finishing and made it through the entire day.  Thoughts turning to Wasatch 100 in 10 days.  I think the CCC100 was a great training run with all its climbs.  I didn't push it very hard because of the heat, and I came away without any injuries, so should be all set.

Pondering about shoes.  The Hokas a great for the flats and rocky downhills.  They suffer on the climbs and trails that slope to the left or right.  The toe blisters (sides of the big toes) are discouraging, nothing seems to help avoid them.   But sure love finishing a 100 without sore feet.   I'm tempted to run the first 40 of Wasatch in other shoes because of the big initial climb and the uneven trails through the brush, and then switch to Hokas for the rocky trails after Big Mountain.

Comments
From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 13:25:23 from 205.158.160.209

I have the same concern with the Hokas. Right now I am planning on wearing my Cascadia's to Big Mt or Lambs and then switch to the Hokas to the finish.

From jun on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 01:57:31 from 174.23.185.55

Ha, I was wondering if Scott would be the first to respond. That's his exact plan. My plan is to not let Scott die.

From crockett on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:48:03 from 216.49.181.254

Yep, I think the Hokas slowed me down on the initial huge climb. Then, they were only an advantage when the flats or downhills were rocky...but those Cascade trails are mostly smooth without rocks, so I just didn't get much advantage with them in this race. In the rocky sections it was funny to watch the Wasthintonians slow way down and pick their way through the rocks, I would just blast by them and get nice complements. But those rocky sections were few.

From Bryce on Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 00:01:03 from 76.27.58.194

I've switched to Hoka's at 50 in both 100's I've done. Seems to give me a bit of a boost to go from sore feet to a nice soft ride. Funny, I had the same experience with short rocky sections at Chimera in California. they would all slow down and tip toe through.

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