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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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12.00

Went for a wonderful evening run in perfect running weather.  Wow!   I ran in the foothills of Lake Mountain.

The highlight was over on the North side near the Church Farm.  As I was running on a trail I had never been on before (an old wagon road), a huge hawk flew overhead carrying a very large snake.  Wow, I wished that I had my camera. I stopped to watch it and very soon, it dropped it.  It fell about 100 feet or so.  The hawk went on and landed about 100 yards away.   I went on, but when I came back I wondered if I would see it again.  I did!   It was up above a small ridge nearby just hang gliding in the breeze.  It wouldn't flap its wings at all, just glide stationary in the breeze with its broad wings extended all the way.   I stopped to watch it for about ten minutes as it would move back over to the area where it dropped the snake.  Perhaps it was hunting, but then it would go back and hang-glide again over the ridge.  It was a very inspiring sight to see.   Some guys on horses came by and I showed them what I was watching. 

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Black Miles: 12.00
Comments
From Dorsimus on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 02:23:18 from 67.2.101.207

I love to watch birds (though not as much as Jun) 'playing' in the air currents. Sounds like a great run. I know I'm ready for more of this nice weather we've been getting glimpses of!

From jun on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:37:08 from 66.239.250.209

Sometimes the best run reports aren't about running at all. This is one of those.

It's common for birds to drop their catch as a means of making sure it's dead. Maybe that's what he was doing.

From Scott Wesemann on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:46:49 from 66.239.250.209

Cool story Crockett.

One of the most incredible things I have seen in the mountains was while climbing Mt. Nebo a few years ago. Just before we reached the summit a bald eagle took off from the top and started to fly in a circle above the summit, slowly ascending. After about 15 minutes it was so high that we couldn't see it anymore, and Nebo is just under 12,000 ft. Any guess as to how high it was?

From jun on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:52:57 from 66.239.250.209

Is that some weird math story problem?

If a train is moving at 70 mph on a south going track and another train is going 65 mph on a north going track, at what time of the day will they run into each other and how many people will die?

From Bryce on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:38:01 from 75.211.232.8

Jun- HAHA! thanks for the laugh!

From Scott Wesemann on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:39:25 from 66.239.250.209

HAHA!

From crockett on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:55:30 from 71.32.233.39

To really answer Scott's question correctly, I need to know the eye-sight of the observers and the air quality at the time.

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