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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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Strange how that 48 miles Saturday really wore me out.  I must be getting old.  Yesterday I slept a ton and was pretty sore.  Today I've bounced back, gazing up at the mountains, longing to be there.  That is a good sign.

Here is my update graph on my percentage finishes in road races for the past five years.  (top x percent) Note the tread line. Saturday I finished the half marathon in the top 4.3%.   I enjoy this chart because it is evidence what old dudes can do.  I see too many guys in their late 40s and early 50s who are convinced they are just too old to take up running or do very well.  Look at the trend line, when I started the trend line was in top 20%.   20% on Saturday would have been about a 1:47 half marathon.  Not bad, but it shows that you can reach so much higher if you want.  Age won't shut you down as much as you think.   For much of the afternoon on Saturday I ran with a 61-year old who took the two-hour early start in KM100K.  He was doing great, staying at Mark's pace.  He was really questioning if he could finish Bear 100 next month.   I hope I convinced him that he could.  He improved on his KM100K by nearly three hours this year over last year.

Here's my updated ultra finish trend.  It isn't quite as steep a slope, but I'm recently staying ahead of the trend line.  Started at about a 48% finish which is back of the pack (given usually lots of DNFs) to top 15% which is usually quite a bit better than mid-pack.  The ulta graph is tougher to get down because the slope is based on the competition.  In my ultra races there is almost always national competition, not just local.  In my road races, except for Boston, it was all local competition.  Another factor, the local road races probably have an average age of 35 or less.  In ultras it is closer to 45 year old.

Comments
From jun on Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 12:06:29 from 66.239.250.209

Yeah, it must be that you are getting old. It couldn't possibly be the fact that in the last three weeks you have run a 100 miler, 78 miles in the Uintas, and a near 50 miler which included a race at tempo. You're right, its just because you're old. Hahahahaha.

FYI, there is a small part of me that is so happy I didn't run into you on Saturday. I can only imagine the abuse you would have given me. It does make me laugh though.

From crockett on Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 12:12:08 from 216.49.181.254

No, I probably wouldn't have abused you (much), I would have been in shock. I was in enough shock when I checked with the Little Valley checkpoint guy and discovered you had already come and gone. "Dang, I missed him." as I looked down the road.

From crockett on Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 12:47:38 from 216.49.181.254

Updated my charts on this post.

From jun on Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 12:54:15 from 66.239.250.209

Really cool. So much for getting old.

From Jon on Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 13:05:47 from 75.169.149.139

Awesome. If you keep it up, you'll be me in a few years.

From crockett on Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 13:31:43 from 216.49.181.254

Well, if I would have started in my youth, looking at aging trend studies, I would have likely been able to do 2:40 marathons or better in my late twenties where I should have peaked. I expect I'll peak this year or next. Then I'll use a cane and find that rocking chair.

From Jason McK on Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 13:45:20 from 63.255.173.99

Canes are over-rated.

From Smooth on Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 14:52:53 from 174.23.203.161

That is some cool data analysis!

Davy, you just keep getting better as you aged, like cheese and wine!

Anyway I look at it! You are one of a kind! Simply AMAZING!!!! Truly a LEGEND!

From Kelli on Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 16:35:16 from 71.219.102.155

All of that is just proof of how amazing an athlete you are (and, yes, that old dudes can run!) As I told Smooth, you guys are aging like fine wine or cheese!

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