Old Man Still running

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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.or g/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, Jul 03, 2013

Total Distance

30.00

Ran a double Timp. I used the fact that many friends would be up on the mountain at night as a motivater to do the second trip. It is so hard to push yourself to do the second trip, but having people you know up there helps a ton. It was the usual Timp fun. I did take a couple falls coming down the first time and now have some new wounds on my arms. I hit the boys and girls coming up with about 30 minutes to go on trip one. They were moving well and we said quick his. Dan Varga had hip problems so ran back down with me. It was nice to have company. My first trip was 3:56, not speedy, but not bad. I spent about ten minutes at the car reloading and eating and then hit the trail again. I met the boys and girls again in the basin, all doing well. The rest of the trip up was dark and lonely. I struggled a bit more pushing the summit, not eating enough. But I got two down. On the way down, I ruled out doing three. I had hoped for at least three, but I was feeling too thrashed, a third would just be a hike. But what really ruled it out was the storm coming in. The lightning was amazing, lighting up all the cliffs like daylight. It remained to the north but still looked bad. I wondered about all the groups still heading up. When I reached the trailhead, about ten feet from my car I felt two drops of rain. I got in the car and within a few seconds it really poured hard. I made it just in time. While driving down the road, I saw a bolt of lightning hit the road in front up me, not more than 100 feet. Wow! It was pretty scary until I got out of the canyon.

Leadville Miles: 30.00

Comments

From Kendall on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 17:03:03 from 70.208.6.40

Great job. Light show must have been really cool.

From Neasts on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 17:17:23 from 71.32.225.219

Great job on the double! Live in Utah long enough and you come to fear those July and August lightning and thunderstorms in the mountains, as it seems they do manage to kill every so often.

From Jon on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 14:41:38 from 107.203.52.135

Where are you?

From Kendall on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 14:43:40 from 208.187.252.10

That's funny Jon. I was just thinking the same thing. "Where in the World is Davy Crockett?"

From crockett on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 17:24:45 from 63.248.22.33

Ha, ha. Still alive. I've been in charge of a family reunion which I am at now. I'm very behind in putting up my adventures. Last weekend went to Hardrock but my pacer dropped at mile 15 so I rushed to Laramie to run the 24-hour race there. I won it with 78 miles. I was 18 miles ahead of everyone else so just quit way early. This week I'm in Cache Valley. Ran the first part of the Bear course this morning and today at the site of the old start of Bear 100 in Cub River Canyon.

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