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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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It is time to train for the Wasatch 100, which is just a little over two months away.  I need to start doing mountain climbs much more.   Yes, I do have the Tahoe Rim 100 in two weeks, but that will be more like a training run.

I did another early morning run up to the top of Lake Mountain, about ten miles round trip with almost 3,000 feet climb.   I was very sluggish the entire time.  Just couldn't find the energy and motivation.  The ankle pain was bad and was very discouraging taking all the fun out of it.  It was slow.

On the bright side, I did get the run done.  Since I was so slow, I was able to enjoy watching the dawn arrive.   When I started the run, an almost full moon was sinking ahead of me below the top of Lake Mountain.  As I neared the summit, Venus was ahead of me rising.  And then coming down the red glow of dawn could be seen across Utah Lake above Timp.  As it became lighter, the green of the wheat and corn fields of the massive Church farm were a beautiful contrast to the red glow reflecting off the clouds.   It was a wonderful morning.  Too bad I felt slow, old, and fat.

PM

Walked a mile at lunch, ankle felt much better.  I almost convinced that my Vasque Velocity shoes just irriate the tendon too much.  I made an appointment with Golden at Runners Corner to help me search for new shoes.   A shame since I've probably run in 30 pair of those shoes over the past several years, but it may be time to move on to newer technology.  I also have two new pair, $150 wasted.  Oh well, my sons all have the same foot size so they are pleased when I give them shoes, usually worn out shoes.

Vasque Velocity (Grey Yellow) Miles: 10.00
Comments
From jun on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 10:41:03 from 66.239.250.209

Now that is a great way to start your day. I got to inhale car fumes as morning commuters drove by. I'm so jealous of your run. Have a great week.

From Jon on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 10:42:11 from 138.64.2.76

Would it be better to take 3-5 days off to get the ankle better (if that would be enough time), then train hard? Or just train through it. If more than a week of rest would be needed and you can train on it, then I understand no rest. But if a few days off would help a lot, that may be somthing to consider.

From crockett on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 10:53:41 from 216.49.181.128

Jon, taking a few days off doesn't seem to help. At this point, working it seems to help better. I have good days and bad days. I don't know. My current plan is to just ignore it and see what happens, try to get through the 100-mile racing season and then try to heal it. The pain has shifted up the tendon from the foot up to the ankle, so I'm still hopeful that things are healing. Also, it seems to feel better after warming up (10 miles or more).

From Jon on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 10:57:47 from 138.64.2.76

I've had injuries like that- rest doesn't seem to help, and it seems to slowly get better while running. Regular ice may help, too.

From crockett on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:16:53 from 216.49.181.128

Thanks, yes, I'll try doing more ice. Another thing that didn't help was doing that 50K run Thursday in road shoes. After 25 miles the insertion point of the tendon on the bottom of my foot really hurt because the shoe didn't protect the foot enough, hitting all those rocks. Also, my trail shoes (used this morning) seem to irritate the ankle. Time to go shoe shopping.

From Smooth on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 16:34:04 from 71.36.81.56

Sounds like a gorgeous morning run. Glad you know what needs fixing. Better to waste $150 than train and run thru painful foot/ankle. Have fun shoe shopping. Hope you find just the right ones for ya.

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