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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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Mon, Mar 28, 2011
Total Distance
6.00

Six easy power walk miles with a little jogging.  Legs feel pretty good.  Recovery seems to go faster when I start using the legs again soon.

Comments
From Kelli on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 13:34:23 from 71.219.97.85

QUESTION: is swelling normal after a 50 miler? My fingers, calves, and ankles are very swollen and I jumped up 4 pounds in one day.

From crockett on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 15:13:11 from 216.49.181.254

Not terribly normal. Hopefully you peeing. If not, the concern is muscle tissue blocking kidneys. I normally will retain some water and it dumps for a couple days afterwards, but I never have it jump up. Could try taking a couple S-caps. That worked for a friend a month ago. If you aren't peeing, should go see a doctor.

From Kelli on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 18:49:04 from 71.219.97.85

I am peeing, so all is well. I think my body is in shock. I will try an -cap or two and just keep drinking and hopefully all will be well tomorrow. i have a crazy body when it comes to after affects of running. THANKS!

From crockett on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 22:25:36 from 71.36.85.157

Sounds like you should be fine. I can't believe how many gels you aid during the run. I wish I could do that, I know I would do much better, avoiding low energy, but I never do.

From Kelli on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 22:28:38 from 71.219.97.85

I am not really sure it helped me to avoid the low energy and it made me really sick the farther in to the race I got. I was gagging the things down! But I had it in my head that I needed them. I definitely have to rethink that strategy and find a way to get calories elsewhere.

Guess I will have to do it again! When is Pony Express??? ;o)

From crockett on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 22:51:40 from 71.36.85.157

With those gels, you just have to also take a good drink. As long as your stomache didn't rebel, you must have done it right. Pony Express is Oct 21. You could go sub-8 there.

There is another great 50 in three weeks not too far away. I did it a couple years ago. My son and I are thinking about it: http://geminiadventures.com/new/?page_id=125

From Kelli on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 22:59:44 from 71.219.97.85

Good to know that I might have done something right. So much felt like it went wrong in that race, I was very weak (wimpy, weak minded, you know)for most of it. It was frustrating. I for sure need a re-do. I am guessing it is similar to marathons, it takes a few before you feel like you know what you are doing. I was in foreign territory for sure.

I am running the Red Mountain 50k in 3 weeks in St George. We are staying there for a week for Spring Break and Easter, so I figured I should run a race. My kids love to come tor races.

I wonder how fast I could be at Pony Express with St George 3 weeks before that. I struggled with Goblin Valley last year, my legs were tired!! Obviously I have not built up your stamina, that will take years.

Do not tell anyone I am even thinking of doing this again---since I said I would NEVER do it again! That is even faster than I agreed to give birth again and I got a cute kid out of that pain!!!

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