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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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16.00

Treadmill.  Noticing progress.  Did some long stretches at 6:30 pace.

Lunch run, roads and canal road in Riverton and Bluffdale

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Green Miles: 16.00
Comments
From Smooth on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 16:48:30 from 174.27.193.64

Does the canal road in Bluffdale connect to Jordan River Narrow trail which is the north end of the Lehi JRP?

NICE miles and good progress!

From crockett on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 17:05:54 from 216.49.181.254

There are three canal roads that I have run on through that area. They all merge into the Jordan Narrows. This one was the middle one, crosses Redwood Road just as the houses start in Bluffdale. It then runs through those newer developments near the river and eventually hits the road at the Narrows where that huge building is, I think a Polygamist rec center of some sort. I've run the upper one many times. I think that is the one you are thinking of. It crosses Redwood Road just north of Camp Williams.

From Smooth on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 18:04:18 from 174.27.193.64

Yep! It is the one! I thought the same thing when I saw that huge building, a polygamist sort!

thanks for the info, next time I'll have to run all the way to Bluffdale and not worry about trespassing! may be I can even get Kelli to meet me half way! :)

From crockett on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 19:39:26 from 71.36.83.141

Yep, I haven't worried about tresspassing. There are a couple fences across the canal road that you need to get around and the weeds are high in that section for a half mile or so, but then it is fine. It ends where it goes under Bangerter. Actually, I've gone under and continued on several times, but it is muddy and there are bats hanging under the road. Ha, ha. Great Crockett adventure.

From crockett on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 19:43:39 from 71.36.83.141

The upper canal road goes closer to Kelli's. I've run it many times. I park my car near the memorial grave yard just past Camp Williams and run the canal road from there. It quickly crosses Redwood Road and then goes west of Bluffdale and to Riverton. I've run it all the way to 90th South. It then goes underground.

From Smooth on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 20:09:38 from 174.27.193.64

Bats!!! Eeek! You do live up to the name, "Davy! Davy Crockett! king of the wild frontier!" Haha! :). It would make a fun Halloween run though! Think I'll take the upper canal road instead!

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