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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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The alarm clock rang, but the bed won today. What a slacker.

Plans are pretty much all set for Wasatch 100 in 9 days. I have four pacers lined up for the last 60 miles. It will be nice to have some company. I've had mixed results using pacers and don't usually use them often, but this group has some good experience. Pacers can actually distract my concentration. I also tend to worry about them. But this group is pretty self-sufficient and won't be offended if I don't talk much. I enjoy trying to "drop" my pacers. "Dropping" means when you run too fast for your pacer and leave him behind. To me, that is great fun if the pacers don't care. At Leadville 2007 I dropped my pacers twice and was running alone for almost a couple hours. They both eventually caught up, but it is very embarassing to the pacer. I doubt I'll be able to do this at Wastach. With four pacers, they will be on fresh legs. Downhills are my best bet. Jun will need to watch out on the downhill into Lambs. David will be in danger on the downhill into Millcreek. Brad needs to watch the downhill into Brighton and Mark has to watch out for my kick during the last seven miles going into Midway. Heh, heh, I'll have to make sure I eat well going up the hills before those section. I've also learned how to shut up a pacer who is nagging on you too much. You get a nice rest and the kick it into gear big-time on an uphill. The poor pacer is gasping for breath so much that they can no longer say anything. They also learn that prodding me too much means pain for them. Ha, ha. It is a great sport to abuse pacers.

Comments

From jun on Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 10:23:46 from 66.239.250.209

What's that I smell? Is it a 'challenge'? I'm more excited then ever to 'poke the bear'.

From MichelleL on Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 22:25:04 from 71.219.40.89

Man this is not inspiring me to pace you :P

From crockett on Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 11:29:11 from 216.49.181.254

Michelle: Even with my feable attempts to embarass my pacers, they always have the last laugh. They have plenty of other stories to tell about me. They constantly bring up the times when I was laying beside the trail moaning in the middle of the night or puking my guts out. They love to tell the story how I was down on a trail exhausted and another runner and pacer caught up. They looked at me and whispered, "Should we check his pulse?" So, somehow I need to get back at these guys.

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