Old Man Still running

Provo River 1/2 marathon

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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.or g/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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Sat, Aug 09, 2008

Race: Provo River 1/2 marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:29:58, Place overall: 73, Place in age division: 6

Total Distance

13.00

I decided to run the Provo River 1/2 marathon as a training long tempo run to work on my foot speed and get my heart rate up longer and faster than normal. This would be my last speed workout before Leadville 100 next week. I needed to be very careful not to pull any muscles. This wasn't worth it. Leadville is my focus. The 1/2 marathon is poorly organized. There was lots of confusion at the start. They didn't have bathrooms, so the hill above was covered with runners despositing their human waste everywhere. Not good.

Finally the race got going, about 15 minutes late. I managed to get near the front and was only held up by a few slow runners who shouldn't have started near the front. For the first mile, I ran in about the top 30, finishing the first mile in 5:56. I was feeling good and enjoyed the fast downhill pace. My next few miles were 6:16, 6:40, 6:35, 6:55, and 7:11. That seven-minute mile was on the boring highway section that went uphill. They had to route the course on the highway because of the recent fire.

I had my ups and downs, but kept the speed up. My 5k and 10k splits were far-faster than my PRs. After mile 9, people started to pass me. I could keep up a 7-minute mile, but not much faster as we hit level pavement. Mile 10 was a 6:50 split. At mile 11, I could feel my hamstring tighten up. No way was I going to pull that, so I slowed way down. The last mile took 8 minutes. I finished in 1:29:58 in 73rd place, 6th place in my oldage group.

It felt like a good training run. I believe I could knock several more minutes off that. Maybe next year. Enough with the roads. I don't train for them. Back to the trails.

Comments

From Kelli on Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 15:29:32

There were bathrooms--they were just way over there! I missed them at first, too! However, there were runners all over the hill doing who knows what! The starting line was a mess for sure! And, I agree, back to the trails.

Glad you had a good training run!

From tarzan on Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 19:05:35

Good job, Davy! Hope all goes well with Leadville.

I agree - the start of the race was very poorly organized. Especially when they decided to get the buses out after the starting time. I just went back to the port a potty line at that time.

From sarah on Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 10:45:45

Welcome. We are expecting our 6th child in 11 weeks.

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