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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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Day 2 in my 5K training.  Quad was a little sore from yesterday's speed work, so I didn't push it as hard.  Did the first 10k in 42:30.  Did some long stretches at 6:30 pace to get used to feeling comfortable doing that.   With the quads a little tight, I guess I'll have to go into a taper for my 5K.  How do you taper for 5Ks?  A walk out to the mailbox? Lay on the couch eating pizza?  Watch programs of people working out?  I think all those would work.

Looks like I'll run the 5K out at Saltair.  I've run that for a few years.  I looked at the Hale's 5K but it isn't as competitive, smaller field.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Black Miles: 12.00
Comments
From Jim Kern on Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 14:14:10 from 205.122.137.81

5k taper - run to the mailbox, walk back to the refrigerator, microwave the pizza, crawl to the couch, cross train with thumb presses on the remote.

From jun on Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 15:32:43 from 66.239.250.209

I suggest long bouts of watching the Australian Open. It's working for me and I'm not even running a 5k.

From Scott Wesemann on Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 17:40:53 from 66.239.250.209

Double Double- In N Out, with chocolate shake.

From Kelli on Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 22:47:21 from 71.219.84.215

No, not chocolate. Try a peppermint shake, much more appropriate for a 5k taper.

You are nuts, BTW. You can run a 5k on the treadmill faster than the rest of us dream.

My husband says you are more than a LOCAL ELITE. Pretty soon you will be world famous.

ENJOY the meager 5k taper.

From Jon on Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 23:01:08 from 98.71.181.194

One word: bowling.

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