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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, May 28, 2009

Total Distance

9.00

Tested the foot with an early morning trail run on uneaven dirt roads and a stretch of single-track trail. Minor pain was there just as a reminder, but I was pretty tentative and protective of the foot, always leading off with the other on difficult sections, and favoring sections of the road the sloped to the left. The after effects are discouraging. The foot is more sore today. We'll see if it calms down by afternoon. It sure was nice to be out on the trail today and watch the dawn arrived. I even through in a bushwack up a hill and across a wheat field. It was nice to run without a flashlight for a time before 6 a.m. I did run in old shoes, need to get some new ones delivered.

I'm pondering about Squaw Peak 50 in only 9 days. This will be my 5th year running it. My finishes have improved every year, 60th, 57th, 49th, and last year 28th. Not bad considering 280 entrants. My best time has been 11:40. I really want to get my 5th finish, but I may reinjure the foot that hasn't totally healed. It is a big risk. Much of the course is "foot fiendly" but some isn't, like the traverse around Baldy and the section around Windy Pass. Even the early section in the morning going up Squaw Peak will be a challenge. I can usually reach the top of Hobble Canyon Road in under 5 hours. I doubt that will happen this year.

Mizuno Wave Elixer Miles: 9.00

Comments

From jun on Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:58:47 from 66.239.250.209

Did you decide what you are going to do on Saturday? I guess I'm signed up for Gruesome Grizzly. I friend signed me up, so I'm committed now. Keep babying that foot so that it is ready for Squaw Peak (that's the right race, isn't it?).

From crockett on Thu, May 28, 2009 at 16:07:51 from 216.49.181.128

I probably will run Gruesome Grizzly as a final test to decide if I will run Squaw Peak 50 a week later. If it goes well on the foot, I'll just rest the entire week. I added some notes to this entry about Squaw Peak 50.

From maurine on Thu, May 28, 2009 at 23:12:13 from 97.117.70.124

That section up past Bridal Veil Falls (is that going up Squaw Peak) is so steep - that could be a real tendon torquer. I wish you well making your decisions.

From crockett on Fri, May 29, 2009 at 13:02:33 from 216.49.181.128

The intial climb on Squaw Peak 50 is huge (3-4000 feet), but not really that big of deal because you are still fresh. It isn't too steep. I usually run 3/4th of it. Last year it did start snowing near the top, making it interesting.

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