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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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Total Distance
9.00

Treadmill.   Mixture of speed and hills.  Two fast miles at 6:15 and 5:58. That is all I could take with speed.  One tough much slower mile with incline at 25% for much of it.  Fun stuff. The rest of the miles were about 7:30 pace.  I did notice the 10k mark went by a little after 45 minutes, so I guess overall I was going pretty fast.  (I didn't do the hills during that stretch). 

I'm starting to think of going into a taper.  Antelope Island 100 is just 16 days away.  I don't have any firm expectations.  Well, I do expect to win, since I'm the only one running it.  Do I expect to PR?  Probably not.   Pretty tough to push hard when I will be the only one running the course for the first 60 miles.   I'll start around 7 p.m. the evening before the big race.   I should finish the first 50 miles before 5 a.m., so I'll have a head start on the Antelope Island 50 runners.   The front runners will catch me around 60 miles or earlier, and then I will have plenty of company as people catch up to me.   Hopefully it will motivate me to try to keep pace with runners who have 50 fewer miles on their legs.   Should be fun.  I expect that I'll finish with the back of the pack, so I'll have some nice friendly company when I'm almost dead.

Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 9.00
Comments
From Kelli on Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 15:45:20 from 71.219.89.82

I wish I could be there to help you finish in your almost dead state (not that I believe that!) I actually bet that you could keep up with a bunch of them even though you are 50 miles ahead. You are one seriously strong runner!

I say taper, so only do like 25 this Saturday!! ;0)

From Jon on Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 19:54:56 from 75.169.146.30

Does Jim know you're starting the 50 early?

From crockett on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:25:47 from 216.49.181.254

Jon, yes, of course, all legit. Park gave appproval.

From Jon on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 20:26:28 from 75.169.152.81

Is he going to give you your own results page?

From crockett on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 22:11:06 from 71.36.80.124

Well, I do the website for him, so there is a good chance!

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