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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: Cascade Crest 100 (100 Miles) 27:40:20, Place overall: 47
Total Distance
101.00

I'll do a race report later.

This race is crazy difficult.  I believe it is tougher than the Bear, close to Wasatch.  Heat makes it tough each year.  It starts at 10 a.m. when it already is hot. By mile 15 I was dehydrated.  That initial climb took forever.  I didn't pull out the dehydration until the sun was down.  At one point I was in 25th place, but that crumbled as I had gut issues and had to stop to solve.  For the rest of the race I hung out with a group including Chris Gerber that was in about 50th place.  

The second half of the race is much tougher.  There is a long section at night, the trail from Hell.  It had tons of blowdowns, roots, ups and down.  It reminded me of some unmaintained stuff in the Uintas.  Then there were huge climbs without switch-backs.  Man!

I had some great stretches where I really cruised.  I finished with lots of gas in the tank.  But the heat just isn't for me.  I doubt I will do that race again.  Just too hot.   I had mild stomach issues, nothing like Bighorn or Tahoe thank goodness.  But the entire course was below 6,000 feet and most of it below 4,500 which is below my house.  So altitude wasn't a problem and my breathing was fine.

It really is a beautiful course.  Much of it is forest tunnels, but lots is on high ridges with great views of Rainier and the North Cascades.

Hoka - Stinson Miles: 100.00
Comments
From jun on Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 23:40:07 from 70.103.189.14

Congrats on another 100 mile finish and a new one for you. Glad everything was all right in the end. Sounds like a tough race.

From flatlander on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 00:50:26 from 75.196.231.56

Great racing, amazing to me how you can recover after going through a bad spot. Once I'm toast it stays that way.

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:39:19 from 205.158.160.209

" I doubt I will do that race again." I seem to recall something similar on your first Wasatch 100 trip report. :)

That sounds tough! Nice work getting in another 100.

From crockett on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:46:47 from 216.49.181.254

Other years it is cold and rainy. That would have been much better.

From Dale on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 15:29:49 from 69.10.215.11

Congrats. Good meeting you on the trail ever so briefly. That heat was a killer....everyone was looking forward to the sun coming up on Sunday and all I could think of was that it was going to get hot....again. Amazed you had gas in the tank....I could barely walk within about 20 minutes of finishing! Nice job.

From crockett on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 15:51:30 from 216.49.181.254

Dale, good to meet you out there. Thanks for introducing yourself. Congrats on your finish and great time.

From RAD on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 16:12:52 from 76.27.16.189

Tough race and awesome finish as always Crockett!

From jsh on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:58:11 from 63.253.43.114

Congrats on a great finish. Sounds like the heat was killer out there.

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