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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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Thinking about my 100-mile race finishes.   I've entered 28 and finished 24.  Hopefully Tahoe Rim 100 will be my 25th 100-mile finish.  I'm so glad I finished at Bighorn 100 a week ago.  I would be kicking myself right now if I didn't.   My DNFs were 2004 Bear, 2005 Vermont, 2005 Leadville, and 2008 Leadville.

 100-Mile Finishes

1 2005 Rocky Raccoon 26:53:00
2 2005 Bear 32:23:00
3 2006 Bighorn 29:38:03
4 2006 Tahoe Rim 28:04:49
5 2006 Wasatch 34:15:00
6 2006 Bear 30:35:00
7 2006 Pony Express 25:29:00
8 2007 Pony Express 23:26:00
9 2007 Bighorn 29:00:16
10 2007 Vermont 25:18:19
11 2007 Leadville 26:15:46
12 2007 Plain 31:45:00
13 2007 Bear 28:13:00
14 2007 Pony Express 24:45:00
15 2008 Rocky Raccoon 25:38:55
16 2008 Moab 23:33:33
17 2008 Bighorn 26:45:31
18 2008 Tahoe Rim 25:54:00
19 2008 Plain 32:18:00
20 2008 Bear 30:51:00
21 2008 Pony Express 24:26:00
22 2008 ATY 22:48:00
23 2009 Moab 24:41:00
24 2009 Big Horn 33:21:00

Comments
From Maurine/Tarzan on Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 00:36:20 from 97.117.78.253

Very impressive resume there, Dave. Are you at all jealous at not being kicked by a moose last weekend?

From jun on Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 18:35:46 from 97.126.227.142

Seriously amazing, especially considering that you've only been doing it for 4 years. Incredible. Is it bad that I'm a little nervous for Thursday?

From crockett on Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 20:26:14 from 71.36.85.82

Ya right, I'm a slow old guy with a bum foot. Sounds pretty scary to me. It will be fun to take another runner over to the "dark side" (ultra distance) for the first time. Even more fun when the runner has never run a road marathon before. That's the way to do it. I think I finished 6 100-milers before my first marathon.

From Jon on Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 23:29:15 from 75.169.153.89

Yes, quite the impressive list of 100 finishes.

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