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December 22, 2024

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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 swam 1.5 miles this morning.   Could have gone further, but I just lost interest.  Too boring.  My speed is increasing as my arm strength gets better.   My 400m splits were 10:40, 9:38, 10:07, 9:53, for a 40:18 mile.   I was pleased to see to splits under 10 minutes.  My final splits were 10:54 and 11:33 as I lost motivation.   I'm ready to try running dirt roads.  My foot still has some pain, but the marathon I ran Saturday didn't set it back.  I have less pain this week than last.   I'll first try running some smooth dirt roads with hills that won't have much risk of rolling the ankle.

The leg soreness from the marathon is greatly improved.  Calfs a little sore and a hamstring, but nothing terrible.

I'm encouraged about my injured foot recovery.  I know I can run roads again (Gee, I ran a PR marathon last Saturday by over 10 minutes!), but when will I be able to race on trails again?  I still can't see the light at the end of that tunnel.   Squaw Peak 50 is in only 17 days.   Bighorn 100 is now 31 days away.  I'd hate to skip Squaw Peak since it would be my fifth finish.   I guess I better start looking for an ankle brace that will work for running 50 miles.

After work, ran slow miles with the dog.  The calfs were still tight, so I took it very easy.  After a couple miles, things felt better.  I looked up into the hills and the legs begged me to take them up.  So I ran up a road and ran on some roads in the foothills.  I decided to really do some testing, and ran down on a dirt road.  The uneven surface immediatly started to work the bad foot/ankle.  It was discouraging at first but then things became better.   The weakness in the ankle is pretty obvious.  Will I ever be able to run trails with great speed and strength again?

Well, the legs aren't quite ready to boost long fast miles, so I'll hit the pool again in the morning.  It is pretty interesting that a 3:24 marathon takes me as long to recover from as a 10 hour 50-miler.   I'll be back in the saddle to run smooth roads on Friday.

Mizuno Wave Elixer Miles: 4.00
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