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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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Race: Boston Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:24:15, Place overall: 5357, Place in age division: 345
Total Distance
29.00

Wow, what an experience running in the Boston Marathon.   My detailed race report can be read here: http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=299

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Green Miles: 29.00
Comments
From flatlander on Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 22:05:40 from 198.207.244.102

Nice report, thanks. I tracked a lot of runners today -- not many of them PR'd for Boston, and I didn't see anybody with an overall PR. Congratulations on a great race on a tough course.

From Scott Ensign on Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 22:44:16 from 70.58.98.10

nice job and report Davy. You beat my brother by 40 seconds, bib#11291. sounds like a great day for running.

From crockett on Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 22:49:23 from 70.168.1.23

Wow, just five ahead of him. Looks like he ran steady. I was about 5-6 minutes ahead of him at halfway, but he closed in and almost got me.

From KP on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 00:11:29 from 98.67.110.134

Congrats! What a great race report. Thanks for sharing.

From Steve Piccolo on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 00:19:29 from 66.60.122.240

Davy, great job setting your PR at Boston. And very interesting race report!

From Superfly on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:35:09 from 208.117.127.110

Man your a racing machine. Good job on another solid race in 2010.

From Twinkies on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 20:02:25 from 72.37.244.84

Crongrats on a new PR. What a fun race. Your as impressive on the roads as you are on the trails.

From Scott Ensign on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 23:15:37 from 70.58.98.10

I just talked to my brother, he was right next to the guy who went into cardiac arrest at mile 25, saw him fall and everything. You must have been just 50 seconds ahead of that. Scary.

http://wbztv.com/bostonmarathon/boston.marathon.heart.2.1644890.html

From bunkgoats on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:24:37 from 75.36.225.40

Great job on a PR! Awesome race report too.

From Scott Wesemann on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:02:29 from 66.239.250.209

Congrats on the race. I enjoyed the report.

From Teena Marie on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 11:38:58 from 174.52.45.85

Check out that time!!!! Just thinking about everything you accomplish puts a huge smile on my face. You are incredible!!!! :)

From Smooth on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 20:48:13 from 174.23.172.155

LOVE reading your report! You totally took it all in and ROCK Boston. So cool that you were recognized by your secret admirer on the "dirt shoulder". I had to chuckle about the part being hit in the face by people tossing their clothing...and the paper cups river. Imagine how much more cups the back of the packers like me had to navigate thru. I slipped couple of times.

AWESOME race and PR! You're my hero!

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