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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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Fri, Jun 14, 2013
Race: Bighorn 100 (101 Miles) 28:29:55
Total Distance
102.00

This was my 7th finish at Bighorn.  I was amazed how more competitive the field is now compared to my first time there in 2006.   I started slow, felt really slow, but I was just about 5 minutes slower on the first huge climb compared to my best year in 2010.  What is nice is that with my recent training, I could run on demand throughout the entire race.   My stomach generally behaved and I had a great time.   I had a bad sore foot (sesimoids) throughout much of the race that really slowed me down at times until it got wet and cold during the night.  After that I discovered that it felt fine if I kept soaking it in passing streams clear to the finish.   I also spent way too much time enjoying the aid stations and talking to other runners.   My finish time was OK, about two hours slower than my best time on the standard course.   But, there were several split times along the way that were my best ever.   I loved running up the hills and could do that in sections where the other runners around me were walking.   And on the downhills, I had my best time ever running the long 18-mile downhill from the turnaround, passing a ton of runners during the night. But my proudest moment, and funnest time was running miles 87.5 to 92.5, a tough climb followed by huge 3,000+ three-mile descent.   I crushed it in 1:05, just three minutes slower than my best in 2010 when I used a front-running 50K runner to pace me.   This time I did it by myself but stayed ahead of front-running 50-mile runners.   I was pleased to finally have my downhill speed back.

So, I finished strong.  No, I didn't crush it, didn't really try to, but it was a good solid race on a tough course.

Recover will be very fast, not very sore.

 

Leadville Miles: 102.00
Comments
From Russ on Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 08:34:25 from 74.114.3.253

You ran 102 miles and aren't very sore, and I did 31 miles and can barely walk. Your mileage of late is really impressive. It was great to meet you on the trail and afterwards at the park.

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