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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. First 10 at 7:30 pace with 2%, and periodic step-offs.   Last 4 did spurts of 10% incline.

Weight 167.  Will target 165 which will be 12 pounds lighter than what I was when running RR100.  Feeling lighter on the feet.  Also doing more upper body and some core.

Busy this weekend helping with the Internet broadcast of General Conference.  This is my 20th conference.  We've come a long way in 10 years.   My conference experience always involves a computer in front of me.

Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 14.00
Comments
From Faceless Ghost on Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 13:38:00 from 67.169.248.86

We had some friends over for dinner last night. At some point, we started talking about running, and one of our guests said to her husband, "Tell them about the old man horse." He told us about the time he hiked up Timp, and somewhere near the top some guy "who was way older" went running past his group like it was nothing. He said, "when I saw his light coming I thought it had to be a horse or something, because it was moving way to fast to be a person. We just saw a green light flying up the switchbacks . . ."

From crockett on Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 14:26:53 from 216.49.181.254

Faceless....pretty funny. Now I'm not only old, but a horse too!

From crockett on Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 14:29:39 from 216.49.181.254

Once I had both my green and red light on and a group of young guys became convinced that I was an alien. I remembere the scared looks I saw on their faces. They were very relieved to see I was human. I encouraged them to keep up with me. They did, for about 50 yards. I later heard back from others who had been with other groups hearing about comments up and down the mountain about aliens.

From jun on Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 15:05:30 from 63.224.108.99

Interesting story Davy. Was Scott one of them and was he lost?

Crazy about your weight. I am guessing it is all of the treadmill miles without any nutrients. This is going to be a very fast year for you.

From crockett on Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 15:33:32 from 216.49.181.254

On another occasion, I was again using the red light. A group was convinced that I was a mountain bike. As they watched my progress, they also concluded that no one on foot could move that fast.

Another funny experience. I was once blasting down the trail very fast and really alarmed a young co-ed. She yelled out, "what's wrong?" I guess thinking I was running for help or something. I yelled back, "She's going to blow!! The mountain is going to blow!" Hopefully she figured out that Timp isn't a volcano.

From Smooth on Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 15:50:37 from 174.23.251.49

You're sooo funny, Davy! You are truly one of a kind! Hope you're enjoying your help w/ General Conference!

Saw your "traffic lights" pics on the Buffalo Run 100 miles last week. See, you even spooked the buffaloes. :)

From Kelli on Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 16:49:38 from 71.219.92.128

Fun stuff!!! You are still fast even after a 100 miler, I would have been sleeping all week! And congrats on the weight loss and being lighter on your feet. They say 2 second per mile per pound.

Nice speedy run. Enjoy conference.

From catherine on Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 16:28:15 from 67.169.248.86

Faceless and I are still laughing about "she's going to blow!" today. :)

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