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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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Treadmill.  Took about seven miles to feel warmed up.  Good training week this week, but more than 80 miles on the treadmill was brutal.  Funny that still the miles this month is way short from the miles run the last two days of last year.

Kept thinking of friends running HURT 100 in Hawaii.  It helped me keep going, understanding the tough run they are doing over there.

Did an ice run on Utah Lake.  Lots of people out there.  Duck hunters, ATVs pulling sledders, and others.   I first went out to check it with the dog. It is her favorite place in the world.  She just runs and runs and runs and runs.

Went back out and ran a long loop to American Fork and back.  Lots of fun. Oh, I see I topped 100 miles this week.  How did that happen?

La Sportiva Wildcat - Green Miles: 11.00Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Black Miles: 14.00
Comments
From Jon on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 15:23:07 from 74.177.82.79

Have you done HURT? I hear that's one of the tougher ones...

From Kelli on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 17:52:20 from 71.219.84.215

Crud, Crockett! Your mile this week are amazing! I felt like superhero when I ran 20 on the darn treadmill on a 2% incline. You practically ran up pikes peak on that machine. HOW DO YOU DO IT????? Do you drink a lot of caffeine or what? You are incredible. Can I hire you to train me?

That HURT race looks like a ton of "fun," you ever going to do that one?

From Scott Wesemann on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 18:03:48 from 75.162.89.170

I love reading your blog because it makes me feel like a slacker. Motivating! Your miles are so impressive after ATY.

From crockett on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 18:56:32 from 71.32.239.119

Yes, I ran HURT 100 in 2006 when I was a rookie. I was in over my head, made rookie mistakes and DNFed at about mile 75. Got credit for the 100K. It is a very tough race. The guys from Hawaii think it is a little easier than Plain 100 which I've finished twice. I don't know, I think HURT is a harder. Hopefully I'll go back one of these years.

This afternoon I did my yearly ice run. I ran 13 miles on Utah Lake running over to American Fork and back. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs884.ash1/179246_10150365649135694_754525693_16866540_6514757_n.jpg

From Kelli on Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 01:16:12 from 71.219.84.215

The ice was melting everywhere today, I am glad you did not fall in!

From Kelli on Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 01:17:34 from 71.219.84.215

OH, and IT (meaning running over 100 miles) happened because you are seriously hard core. Glad you took Reeses out for some fun in that long and crazy day you had.

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