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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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Race: Memorial 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:42:35, Place overall: 16, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
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Went at ran the 10K in Orem put on by Run 13. I PRed in it last year, so I wanted to try again.  It is a very fair course, not downhill, some uphills.  I was shooting to break 42 but didn't quite make it, but I was still pleased because during the last mile it felt like I had plenty of energy and speed in the tank.  Gene Moreland won the age group as usual.  I've never beat him, but I'm getting closer.  Also Lorzeno, who turns 50 next month always beats me but this time I came within 100 yards.  I'm getting very close.  

My splits were: 6:31, 7:15 (hill), 6:48, 6:54, 6:55, 7:09 (hill), 6:56 (last .2)   Pretty consistent. I finished 33 seconds off my PR.  16th out of about 180 runners.

The problem with Run 13 races, is they take over 1 hour to hand out the awards, so slow.  When I saw in the results that I placed, I groaned because I would have to stay around to get my medal.

I next went to run on the altered Squaw Peak 50 course on the BoSho Trail from Rock Creek to Spring Canyon and back.  Believe it or not, I've never run that section of the trail.  Well, except for a small section that I used to hike and play on as a boy, above my grandparents house in the mid-60s.  No BoSho trail then, just some motorcycle trails, and a trail that led up to the Y.  Back then there was a big stone cross near there that was called Easter Cross. Its long gone now.  No nice Y trailhead then and the houses were much further down the foothills.  Lots of memories as I ran by there.  I remember looking down watching them build Deseret Towers. So it was about 45 years since I've been up there.

As I ran between Provo and Springville, I remembered that in 1980 after my mission, at BYU I started running for a few months.  If you ran 150 miles during the first half of 1980, you got a T-shirt in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Church.  My longest run was a run down 9th East and along State Street to Springville and back, about 10 miles.  I was so proud of that long run and I thought it was very, very far, that few people could do it.  Well, it took me 23 years to beat that distance.  So lots of memories on this run as I looked down at BYU. 

I saw RD John Bozung out on the trail checking things out.  I'm glad I ran it.  I took two wrong turns.   I'll give my feedback to John.  They are taking a faint upper single track section between Provo and Springville.  I blew by the turn on the way out.   On the way back I took a wrong trail near the Y trailhead.

Hoka - Bondi B Miles: 25.00
Comments
From Kelli on Sat, May 28, 2011 at 19:18:33 from 71.219.96.115

Nice day it sounds like! I hate the races that take forever to hand out the prizes, hope you got something good! A great medal, I am sure.

Memories....thanks for sharing.

From jun on Sat, May 28, 2011 at 22:08:17 from 97.126.239.12

Sounds like a really good race and an excellent day on the trails. I hope the new course is enjoyable.

From JulieC on Sat, May 28, 2011 at 23:09:20 from 71.35.249.72

I love hearing of your old running stories....so wish we could just TIVO back to those events in our lives that move us!! so is Squaw Peak even runnable? I am so glad I am NOT running it THIS year. But probably next : D. There has to be even more miles of SNOW running than last year. GOOD LUCK!! and glad I got to "meet" you today. Stay REAL!!!

From crockett on Sun, May 29, 2011 at 09:23:06 from 216.49.181.254

Good to meet you today. Next time I'll be a little more observant at who is lined up near the front. Squaw Peak 50 course is drastically changed this year to avoid the snow. Over 20 miles of it will be on the Bonneville Shoreline trail. There will still be some long climbs but the course will be much faster this year.

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