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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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Still resting, nine hours sleep last night.  Fighting off a cold.

Set my potential race schedule for next year.  Decided not to do Hardrock even if I get in, entered Tahoe Rim 100 again instead, to go for my 5th finish there.  Looks like it will be more competetive there this year.

Rocky Raccoon 100, TX – Feb 5-6

Buffalo Run 100, UT – Mar 25-26

Ogden Marathon, UT – May 21

Squaw Peak 50, UT – Jun 4

Bighorn 100, WY – Jun 17-18

Tahoe Rim Trail 100 , NV – Jul 16-17

Cascade Crest 100??, WA – Aug 27-28

Wasatch 100, UT?? – Sept 9-10

Virgil Crest 100, NY – Sept 24-25

Pony Express Trail 100, UT – Oct 21-22

Across the Years 48???, AZ – Dec 29-30

 

Comments
From jun on Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 10:24:29 from 66.239.250.209

So no Bear this year then. That Virgil Crest 100 looks cool.

There is a 100 in MN that I came across one time. Can't remember the name of it now, but it looks beautiful. That one is always in the back of my head.

From crockett on Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 10:34:23 from 216.49.181.254

Yes, that is Superior Sawtooth 100. Someday I hope to do.

The one in NY is in my old stomping grounds, both mission and when I lived in the area for nine years, at a ski resort I used to ski on. Lots of friends live within a few miles of the course. So I've wanted to do it and now that the race has a few years of experience, they should have the bugs worked out.

From Jon on Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 21:01:09 from 98.71.138.92

Why not Hardrock?

9 100's plus a 48 hr race. Hmm.

From crockett on Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 21:19:22 from 71.32.239.214

No Hardrock because I'm too lazy to get ready for it, altitude, climbing, cost, time, etc. While I still have some speed, I'll do the faster races.

From crockett on Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 21:20:34 from 71.32.239.214

I ran a little with Dan Brendan at ATY who finished 13 100-milers this year. I felt like such a slacker only doing seven.

From Jon on Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 16:18:10 from 98.71.138.92

That's bad company to keep, then. Compare yourself to the 99.99999999999999% of Americans who didn't run a step!

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