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November 16, 2024

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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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Total Distance
38.00

Five hours on the treadmill doing 34 miles.  Hit the 50K mark at about 4:31.  I did plenty of hills along the way.  For the first time I was able to turn over the vertical odometer past 10,000 feet.  It is rather generous.  I think I did closer to 5,000 feet.    After 5 hours I couldn't take it anymore and went out in the cold drizzle and ran four miles to wrap up the morning run. That is four straight Saturdays of at least 33 miles. I've now run about 250 runs over 26 miles or over in the past ten years.  200 of those are 30 miles and over.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 38.00
Comments
From flatlander on Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 18:14:34 from 76.31.9.237

Good job. I would be suicidal if I ever tried to run that far on a TM.

From crockett on Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 19:01:26 from 97.117.7.209

One downside flatlander, I have pre-stress fracture pain about four inches below my healed fracture. It is minor right now, but I now know what it is. It started a couple weeks ago. Doesn't hurt when I run....yet. Don't want to do that again. You witnessed the worst. I may have to dial things back.

From flatlander on Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 19:11:55 from 76.31.9.237

That is scary; I would say be careful, but you are the ultimate expert at these things. Wade and I are standing by to pace you at RR if you make it down here and if you need us. (Bed and breakfast too, of course!)

From crockett on Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 19:13:16 from 97.117.7.209

Great, I'm planning on it! Motivation to stay away from injury.

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