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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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Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Race: Moab 100-mile Endurance Running Race (100 Miles) 24:42:00, Place overall: 4
Total Distance
101.00

My full race report is now on my blog: http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=143

Recovery is going very well.  My muscles survived better than usual. This morning I could go mdown stairs with very little pain.  Sleeping last night was a bother.  My right hip just couldn't feel comfortable.  But I should be running again by the end of the week.  The main problem is my stomach.  It took a beating.  No appetite yet, but I did force myself to eat a lunch.  My feet came out great, no blisters.   I do have a large bruise on the side of my left foot.  I can't figure out how I got that.  I must have hit a rock hard.  I guess I didn't notice because there are so many other painful things to worry about when your run 100 miles.

 

Comments
From tarzan on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 18:15:52 from 97.117.61.64

Davy,

Good job on finishing the race. The bonking and the barfing periods don't sound too fun. I hope I can be an ultra fiend like you some day. I'm really struggling after DNF'ing my first 50 miler.

Look forward to reading your race report.

From Smooth on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 16:25:40 from 71.36.65.79

CONGRATS for taking 4th in a competitive field. Sorry about the tummy issue. You're amazing. Recover well!

From Nevels on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 16:33:39 from 131.204.15.93

Congrats on a solid race. I had electrolyte issues during the Pinhoti 100, but you appear to have recovered much better than I did during the race. Best of luck on your recovery.

What's next?

From crockett on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 16:52:38 from 216.49.181.128

Next up is a 50-mile race on April 18th in Colorado. My next 100 won't be until late June.

From jun on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 17:01:09 from 66.239.250.209

Unbelievable. Sounds like a fantastic race. I can't wait to read the official race report.

From Nevels on Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 12:12:01 from 131.204.15.93

This post is a tad bit different from the one you put on the Ultra List. You left out the part about "the galaxy in Orion's belt."

Hhhhmmmmm.....

(Happy AFD)

From crockett on Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 12:24:28 from 216.49.181.128

ha, ha. Gotta have some fun with those listers.

From Nevels on Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 12:25:06 from 131.204.15.93

Amen to that!

From Joe Judd on Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 16:18:33 from 199.45.162.210

Dang Davy, I'm really tired of you whoopin' me! Maybe, in a few more years when I'm in my fifties, I'll have a shot. I have to admit, I did enjoy being in front of you for a while. Even if it was from 2 laps back.

You seemed to be pushing hard, ever time I saw you. Nice effort and a great finish.

From crockett on Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 16:21:36 from 216.49.181.128

Joe, did you catch my April Fool's version of this race on the ultra list? You came out the hero.

From tarzan on Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 16:31:24 from 63.255.172.2

Davy - where is your ultralist posting?

From crockett on Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 16:50:40 from 216.49.181.128

Here is what I posted on ultralist

I'm not going to publish my normal verbose report because I just don't

want to recall too much about the experience this weekend at the Moab

100. The course is beautiful, a 5.37 loop on slickrock and dirt

roads. The weather was perfect, but my execution was not. Things

went well for the first half of the race, I reached the 50-mile mark

in under 10 hours and was cruising along. But after night-fall

everything fell apart. Glow sticks faded and somehow I went of course.

At that point I was in serious trouble, bonking, getting cold,

exhausted, cramping, dizzy, feverish. I started wandering through

the desert, up and down slickrock, mostly down. Somehow Joe Judd,

another fellow lister recognized that I didn't show up at the start

after my lap and he never saw me on his next lap. He went searching

for me where he last saw me. I don't know what happened, but Joe

found me lying down on some slickrock babbling, looking up at the

stars in the sky talking about "the galaxy in the belt of Orion." He

picked me up and slowly for the next two hours guided me back to the

start where I warmed up and slowly recovered. I wasted over two hours

of Joe's race and DNFed my race. After returning home I was so

discouraged and alarmed, realizing that ultrarunning is indeed

unhealthy, that I have packed away all my running stuff. I tossed out

all my ultrarunning magazines, and vowed to my wife that I have

retired from the sport. I'm going to put my time into more productive

pursuits like my music composition career, and taking care of my

neglected lawn. Thanks for all the encouragement and memories. Be

careful on those trails.

From tarzan on Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 16:55:37 from 63.255.172.2

That is great! Thank you for the laugh - I so needed it after my current week and my DNF.

From dave holt on Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 10:16:55 from 204.113.55.41

Great job - I have always respected the ultra monsters like you, but now that I am trying it out a little more I see a whole new side to it. You're great!

From TylerS on Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 00:23:58 from 66.119.143.249

Awesome job on the race. I have 40 miles of the wasatch 100 and I can tell you that was enough for me! And I was only pacing someone!

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