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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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34.00

Detailed report here

Up at 4:00 a.m. at my campsite at San Rafael Bridge campground.  Broke camp, cooked breakfast and drove to the east end of the Goodwater Trail.   Started my run at dawn.  The Goodwater Trail is a single-track mountain bike trail that is amazing!  It is almost totally flat and follows the rim around the Goodwater drainage.  It winds like crazy and was a blast the scenery is spectacular.  I had dropped off stuff at a couple locations.  What is crazy is that you can look ahead where you will be, two miles away, but it actually takes you seven miles to get there because of all the crazy turns. 

As I was running, I decided that this would be a super place for a 50K.  What would really be fun about racing this section is that you can look across a deep canyon, about 100 yards across and see a runner a mile ahead or behind you.  You can continually see lots of runners because of its serpentine nature.

The remainder of my run I spend lots of time figuring what a good course could be.  The biggest challenge is finding a good start/finish area for all the parking that the BLM would accept.  I think I have a good solution.   After running the 15-mile Goodwater singletrack, I ran the dirt roads along the spectacular rim of the Little Grand Canyon.  Wow,  that would really be cool for a 50K --Little Grand Canyon Rim 50K.

After running as far as I could along the rim, I returned, went through the Goodwater single-track again for about 8 miles more and then bailed out onto the direct dirt road short cut to my car.  I took my sweet time on the run because I took a bunch of pictures and did lots of sight seeing.  I finished about 2 p.m. and then went and picked up the stuff I dropped.   It was an amazing adventure run. 

Photos and details later.

Hoka - Bondi B Miles: 34.00
Comments
From jun on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:24:57 from 66.239.250.209

What a report man. Great job. I was sick with jealousy.

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:02:30 from 66.239.250.209

Awesome! Those are some incredible pictures. Nice report.

From Dorsimus on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 13:37:29 from 66.239.250.209

Loved it! Fantastic pictures. I'd love to do a 50K out there! I'd be happy to help too, I'm sure Jun would be as well. :)

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