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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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Race: Salt Lake Track Club Winter Series 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:20:23, Place overall: 33, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
8.00

I ran in the Salt Lake Track Club Winter Series 5K held on the shores of Great Salt Lake along a frontage road.  The course is totally flat, so I was really hoping to break 20 minutes for the first time.   I've only run in five previous 5Ks.  This distance feels like an all-out sprint to me and can be pretty painful, but for some reason I do fairly well considering my age.

This time, I tried warming up a little more, running about a half mile before the start, hoping my lungs and legs would be ready for the crazy sprint.   I recognized a few fastrunning blog runners at the start.   The morning was beautiful and sunny.  The temperature was right around 30.  Air quality was a little poor, but I doubt it affected anything.

Off we went.   For the first mile, I kept Mary Ann Schauerhamer in my sights, but I knew she would leave me in the dust.   My first mile split was fine, a 6:06.   But then things started to unravel.   My lungs started to labor, and I knew I just couldn't keep up this pace today.   I realized it wouldn't be my day.   I was passed by several people and slowed to a 6:54 second mile.   That was discouraging, but I didn't quit.  I still pushed it as hard as I could and tried to get my breathing under control.   I hung on for dear life during the last mile.   I was thinking, "Why do I run this crazy distance?"   It felt like I was going to keel over and croak.  Pretty funny given that I would rather run 100 miles.   Mile 3 went better, 6:20, but the legs felt heavy.    I cruised into the finish at 20:23, which is 18 seconds off my PR.  

I felt disappointed, but gee wiz, just 23 seconds faster would have felt like a victory.  I lost those 23 during the second mle. This is just a silly distance.   Clearly I need to do more tempo runs if I want to do much better at this distance.  Also, I've been eating like a pig lately and am not down to an ideal racing weight.

To cheer me up, it turns out I was the Male Grand Masters Champion!  (50 and over).   That just means that I was one of the few old farts that didn't keel over and die before the finish line.   I came in 33rd overall out of about 210 runners, including some of the best in the state.  I received a nice little plaque.

I won't be running the 10K in a couple weeks.  I'll be running in the Moab Red Hot 50K+ which will be a total blast compared to this strange road stuff.   I'll probably run a 10K next Saturday.

 PM

4 easy miles out in the brilliant sunshine.   Lungs a little burned out from the morning.

Comments
From Burt on Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 15:26:00

Way to go! Did you kill yourself a b'ar while you were at it? Sorry, couldn't resist. You probably get that all the time. But seriously, I'd love to get back into the sub 20's like I was in high school.

From ultrajim on Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 23:14:51

Congrats Davy. I've never been close to 20 minutes for a 5K. Have fun in Moab. Wish I could go but the wife didn't want to spend Valentine's day alone while I ran a race.

From ultrajim on Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 23:17:12

Davy, did you get into Hardrock? I looked but nothing on the website yet.

From crockett on Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 10:29:12

No, no Hardrock this year. I'm in the 80's on the wait list. Maybe next year.

From Burt on Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 10:53:37

Didn't want to spend Valentine's Day alone? Women.

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