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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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15.00

I started off the new month with a good after-work run.   I ran across Cedar Valley along the Pony Express trail from Eagle Mountain to Fairfield and back.   It is 10 miles of flat dirt road and 5 miles of rural pavement.   Good speed is possible.   My route can be viewed here. 

I completed the 15 miles in 2:09:37, kind of easy (3:45 marathon pace).  Going out I had a tail wind, coming back a cool head wind.  I should have brought long sleeves and gloves for the run back, was pretty chilled at the end, right at dusk.  The half-way point was Camp Floyd in Fairfield where I filled my water bottle.

My pace splits to some check-points was:

out: 7:58, 8:22, 8:40, 8:30   (1:02 out)

back 8:36, 9:04, 9:13, 9:08   (1:07 back)

Gives me plenty of room to push for quicker splits next time.

Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 15.00
Comments
From RAD on Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 23:31:19 from 67.172.229.125

wow...okay, I know we met last Saturday (in Teena's car? I was the crazy blonde that just came to chat? :) )But I had no idea you were so amazing! Seriously, I love to hike almost more than I love to run and have multiple times considered trail running. I just read your Timp Quint and am in awe! I'd love to pick your brain on how to get to a point where you can do so many amazing things - When I grow up I want to be CROCKETT!

Oh, and my son's name is David and I always call him Davey Crockett, so I feel right at home here on your blog :)

It was great to meet you for just a moment and when I'm done donating my body to children I'll have to start working on my ultra trail running!! Amazing, simply amazing and awe inspiring!!

From crockett on Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 23:58:04 from 71.36.80.124

Hi RAD. It was good to meet you. Yes, trails are where it is at. So much more enjoyable and easier on the joints.

Your comment prompted me to again read that crazy quint Timp adventure from 2006. That was about the stupidest and most painful thing I've ever done. I'm confident that my record will stand forever because there isn't anyone so stupid and stubborn as me. I did once try to break that record a couple years later but gave up after three summits. I vowed never to try again to break that record and so far have kept that vow.

From Smooth on Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 00:43:35 from 174.23.198.220

SWEET run to Fairfield and back. NICE pace! I am not brave like you to venture out west alone! I think your mileage passed mine for the year! :)

From Kelli on Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 09:27:45 from 71.219.89.82

558 miles already and it is just March 1st. Yep, you are indeed crazy. BUT AMAZINGLY crazy, INSPIRATIONALLY crazy.

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 14:37:02 from 66.239.250.209

The Quint Timp is probably the craziest most difficult, epic adventure that I have read from Wasatch hiking/mountaineering. I would love for you to do the W.U.R.L (Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Link-up) just to see how it compares. :)

Oh, and nice runs that last few days. Reading your reports makes me want to get out and run something long on a trail.

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