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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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Well, I think I'm getting better.  Elbow feels much better although still big. 

Went to the doctor.  My doctor for years retired, so I'm going to a new young doctor who took many of his patients.  First thing she said to me today was, "I found out that you are famous."  I thought, oh boy, here it comes.  Sure enough, she looked at my records closer and it had some note about my crazy running.  She found my blog and now is a gushing fan, said she thought about me as she was trying to push through 5 miles this morning.  So much of my visit this morning was talking to her and another doctor about my ultrarunning.  They both must have wasted 10 minutes with me asking running questions.

It is comforting to know that she understand and appreciates what I do, even concerned to make sure I'm healed up for my next race.  She told me if I have further problems to make sure I come in early next week to she can help get things improved before the weekend.

Turns out the fluid from my elbow didn't grow a bacteria culture.  Good news, the bursa isn't internally infected.  But I probably had a skin infection.  The bursa got big probably just from the trama and maybe it decided to get inflamed when the skin infection started for because my body was whacked out from Wasatch.  Who know?

Anyway, the elbow fills much better.  I can move it with very little pain and it no longer is hot to touch.  The steroid shot had me awake all night and the antibiotics gave the the runs, but I'll live.

Comments
From Smooth on Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 15:44:34 from 174.27.216.165

So EXCITED for you!!! Can't wait to read all about it! :)

From Scott Wesemann on Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 16:16:20 from 205.158.160.209

I really like your goals. If you stay on track I won't see you much after the start. The weather looks really good. It should be a good time.

From Dale on Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 18:55:35 from 107.18.31.166

Good luck....knock 'em dead!

From Kelli on Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 19:12:56 from 71.219.67.175

OH, this should be fun! GOOD LUCK!

From Jon on Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 20:36:46 from 74.177.100.34

Good luck, man

From Cody on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 22:24:46 from 67.177.0.196

way to gut it out! tough course for sure!

From RAD on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 23:59:53 from 76.27.16.189

Hope you are recovering well Crockett!! Nice job bagging another 100 miler!

From Scott Ensign on Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 17:16:55 from 67.42.254.227

sounds like you will be good to go in no time. you should take a break from this ultra stuff for awhile and come back and run first dam run with us again to honor your Cache valley heritage.

From crockett on Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 17:19:29 from 216.49.181.254

Yes, I should return. But you are in my age group now, and I don't have a chance beating you.

From jun on Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 22:42:50 from 174.23.184.121

Glad to hear things are getting better. Best of luck next week at your race in Canada or Europe or wherever it is you're going.

From Scott Ensign on Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 00:07:47 from 67.42.254.227

Davy, that's the whole point! The only chance I have is to get you to do a run under 14 miles with me. Anything over that and you can run the race twice before I finish!

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