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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: Freedom Run 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:42:20, Place overall: 58, Place in age division: 3
Total Distance
13.00

I ran the Freedom 10K for the 4th year.  This is a fairly tough course with some long hills, making it a tough course to PR on.  I ran it with my sister and brother-in-law.   Another brother-in-law and niece ran the 5K.

I had a pretty good race, set a course PR by almost a minute and came within 16 seconds of my 10K PR.   I didn't realize I was that close because my watch wasn't working.  It would have helped push me more if it would have been working.

My splits were 6:44 (long hill), 6:32 (downhill), 6:42, 7:00, 6:47, 7:19 (long hill).

My family had a good showing.  My brother-in-law, Ed, placed 2nd in this age group, my brother-in-law Greg placed 3rd in his age group, and I took third.  There were 1,233 runners in the 10K.

After returning to our family reunion in Midway, I needed more, so I went a ran up and down Sids Canyon above the Homestead.  It is about three miles up and climbs about 1,600 feet.  Near the top a guy with a dog was jogging down.  I pushed to the top and then decided to try to push hard and overtake him. About half-way down I did.  I was surprised that he started to hang with me.  I pushed it pretty hard and he kept up pretty well. It was a blast.   At the bottom I stopped and said, "You must be an ultrarunner."  He asked, "Have you run this before?"  He was suprised that I hadn't run down it before.  He said he runs it all the time but it had been a long time since he ran that fast down it.   He was Kerry Collings from Midway and this was his training trail.  He basically his trail.  He does trail work on it and keeps it in great shape.  I could tell that someone was carring for it.  He recognized my name and explained that he was running Hardrock 100 next week.  Wow, that was cool to meet him.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Green Miles: 13.00
Comments
From Smooth on Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 23:17:21 from 174.23.191.197

CONGRATZ on the course and 10K PR! WOW, excellent placement in such a huge field and deep competition.

VERY COOL that you ran into a fellow ultra trail runner!

From MichelleL on Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 00:25:26 from 67.41.165.45

I seem to see you at every race I do. Sorry to burst your bubble about the timer being a minute off, sounds like you had a great time anyway. To be that close to your PR on this course is awesome.

From crockett on Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 10:26:11 from 216.49.181.254

Hey, no problem Michelle, I passed it on and burst the bubble of many others. I was rather confused at the finish because it didn't feel like I ran a minute faster, so no problem. We had a good time.

From Kelli on Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 13:26:23 from 71.219.99.30

Yeah to your family and congrats on the course PR!

From jun on Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 16:23:10 from 66.239.250.209

Congrats on a great race. There is no mention of crazy 5k runners stretching across the road this year. Did they fix that problem from last year?

From crockett on Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 11:03:07 from 216.49.181.254

Crazy 5k walkers were still there in force covering the entire road. I just went to far outside of them to avoid weaving. Near the end some strollers were a bother blocking things up.

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