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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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I walked  three miles with the dog this afternoon to experiment with the foot.  Usually with tendonitis, after the tendon gets warmed up the pain decreases.  I was curious how it would feel on a long walk.  The first mile was discouraging but I noticed on the second mile that I was thinking about other things, not the foot because the pain decreased.   Mile three was even better.  I tried some power walking to increase the pace and it worked fine.   But there is still a main location for the pain.  It seems to be the insertion point of the peroneal longus tendon at the 5th metatarsal that passes through the plantar ligament.  I’m encouraged that the pain doesn’t go far up the tendon.  A rupture is usually a longitutal tear, and I don’t think I’m feeling that.  It likely is a strain with fraying near the insertion point.

 

After the walk, after sitting and getting up I felt very little pain at all, felt better than at the beginning of the run.   But going in bare feet still feels much better than shoes.

 

Comments
From Maurine/Tarzan on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 22:00:19 from 97.117.66.96

Glad to hear it is doing a little better. Have you decided anything on Ogden yet?

Question for you - my right leg (somewhere around the hamstring/IT Band) started bothering me last night. I think I upped my mileage a little too much last week. Anyway - it was bothering me again tonight when I walked my dog. What do you think my best shot is as far as training this week to make sure I can recover and finish Ogden? I was thinking of just doing stretching and massage and ice tonight and tomorrow and then trying some light running (3-5 miles) on Tuesday to see if that helps it recover. Any suggestions?

From jun on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 22:54:27 from 71.213.1.42

If your foot feels better when going barefoot, what are you options of wearing Birkenstocks? They have a very flat foot-bed and might help a little.

From crockett on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 16:36:48 from 12.35.79.2

Jun: Well, the problem with barefoot running is that I can't do it very far because of the lack of arch support.

Maurine: My guess is that you don't have anything serious. I get pains at time in the hamstring near the knee and they never amount to anything. Yes, this week you shouldn't do any hard training. It won't help you do better on Saturday. Just take it easy. I do little tune-up runs before a big race just to keep the muscles happy. That also keeps away the taper aches and pains that start to worry you. This might be one of those.

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