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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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Wed, Jun 08, 2011
Total Distance
22.00

Went up Lake Mountain from the South.  I tried this earlier in the year but was turned back earlier because of snow.  No snow now.  This time I went further up there to 6,700 feet.  The rough road goes the length of the top of the mountain clear to the towers.  I went about half way, still a couple miles from up above Enoch Pass.  Views are amazing up there.  In places the top is flat plains.  You go through burned out locations from the fires a few years ago.  The road is rough, with imbedded rocks, so tough to go fast.  I had one face plant coming down.   It was great to watch the sunrise up there.  When I have a couple hours more, I'll do the entire length and then come down the main road to the south through the valley.  I worked the kinks out of me legs from SP50 and they feel fine

After work went back up, same run but this time completed an entire loop, reaching 7,600 feet to the first set of towers.  I cut the loop a couple miles by doing a short bushwhack down to the canyon road.  Nearing the end, I found a wonderful single-track motorcycle trail in the foothills that I didn't know was there.  It was great fun.  I'll have to explore that some more another day.

La Sportiva Wildcat - Green Miles: 22.00
Comments
From jun on Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 13:47:01 from 66.239.250.209

Sounds awesome. I really want to check that side out. I bet it's beautiful.

From jun on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 10:51:56 from 66.239.250.209

Did you take your Garmin? I'd like to see the stats/map of the run.

From crockett on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 11:03:54 from 216.49.181.254

Nope, forgot the Garmin. The road starts from Soldiers Pass Road, right before the sweeping left turn to the top of the pass. You just stay right on the road that heads north, it will make a big switch back to get up on the first ridge and then keep climbing from there. Eventually it makes it to the towers. Then I just connected with the main road heading down. Once out of the canyon, in the foothills, I chose an ATV road and motorcycle trail to get back to where my car was. I took my sweet time because I only had one water bottle with me and ran out.

From crockett on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 11:58:41 from 216.49.181.254

Here's the route I took on Mapmyrun: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/36970974

From jun on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 12:11:42 from 66.239.250.209

Wow, that does look cool. Interesting how you found that ATV trail on the east side. Very cool. There is definitely a lot of exploring to be done on that mountain. I wish there was more water available because they you could just wander around aimlessly for miles.

From crockett on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 12:14:32 from 216.49.181.254

Yep, I was going to refill using the snow banks that you can still see up there, but decided to cut it short.

From Scott Wesemann on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 12:57:47 from 66.239.250.209

The views up there are incredible. I have seen some pretty cool sunrises on top of Lake this year.

From crockett on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 13:05:43 from 216.49.181.254

What is nice about that ridge line trail is you see those amazing views across the lake very often along the way in different directions. The snow capped mountains right now make it particularly spectacular. I still can't believe how much snow there is on Timp.

From jun on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 13:16:26 from 66.239.250.209

In your experience, considering the current date and deep snowpack, do you think we'll have any chance of getting on the summit before Aug? I'm thinking late July, at best.

From crockett on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 13:26:07 from 216.49.181.254

Depends on what experience you want. A couple years ago, I had great fun in June doing a bunch of summits with solid snow from the basin to the saddle. Very fast runs with huge short cuts. However it was dry from there to the summit. Right now you can see heavy snow from the saddle to the summit. I expect that to mostly melt off in a couple weeks or by the end of the month. The deep snow in the trees below the basin are usually the factor. That could be there a long time. Other routes would require ice axe, and something on the shoes.

From jun on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 13:34:16 from 66.239.250.209

Luckily, I have all those things. I'll have to try it some time after Laramie. Big Horn in a couple weeks, huh? There should be a solid Utah contingent out there. Enjoy.

From crockett on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 13:38:17 from 216.49.181.254

Hyperphil would know the best routes up Timp in the snow.

From jun on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 13:39:50 from 66.239.250.209

If he can remember these days. He's become a Ben Lomond junkie. He's probably purged his mind of his 400+ Timp summits. Haha.

From crockett on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 13:42:28 from 216.49.181.254

Yep, he's mostly retired from Timp, same with me. We both discovered that doing a bunch of training on that trail really doesn't help get faster in ultras. We've both gotten significantly faster in 100s in the last couple years by doing smarter training.

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