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Tahoe Rim Trail 100

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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: Tahoe Rim Trail 100 (100 Miles) 26:05:39, Place overall: 15, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
101.00

Race report at: http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=347

Detailed race report later. Tahoe Rim Trail 100 was tough this year.  The weather was hot and the new revised course was tough.  The toughest new feature is a climb right up a ski slope without switchbacks that we had to do twice.  It was about the same as the Windy Pass climb at Squaw Peak.

My strategy was to run fast when it was cool, back off when it was hot, and then run fast again at night.  Worked great except for gut problems and terrible chafing for the last 30 miles.  I believe I was running in 3rd place for the first 15 miles when it was cool.  Once dusk came with cooler temperatures, I had a blast again cranking up the speed 

I had a good race, but not perfect.  Some issues probably cost me two hours.  But still, I finished 15th out of about 110 starters.  I guy in my age group finished in just over 24 hours, so he took the age group championships this year.

La Sportive Wildcat - Yellow (new) Miles: 101.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 14:35:16 from 76.27.120.29

Very impressive. It's always fun to read reports from the other world of ultra running.Your accomplishments are inspiring.

From RAD on Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 15:16:05 from 67.172.229.125

Simply amazing - again! The hill climb does NOT sound fun, but to do it twice, wow! Chaffing for only 30 miles, huh? :) I seriously thought I read that wrong, you are one tough guy!! Nice work and great job on the finish despite having some set backs!

From jun on Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 22:48:49 from 97.126.227.106

Congrats on another 100 finish. Sounds like the race got a lot tougher this year. It's amazing to me how you can find energy 75 miles into a race, in the dark, to blast by people. I tried tracking you online. Didn't have any problems till about 10:30 last night and then the website seemed to have problems till after I went to church this morning.

From crockett on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 22:15:13 from 71.32.234.114

Race report at: http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=347

From JD on Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 15:29:59 from 70.96.78.157

Really enjoyed your report. Congratulations on another 100 miler well run. Too bad about the chafing issues, sounds like it (understandably) slowed you up quite a bit the last part of the race. Impressive the determination you have!

From Holt on Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 14:47:52 from 174.27.236.205

Of course you are MUCH tougher than Boozer! Good job Davy. I am at such an impass (spell?) trying to run fast on the roads but wanting to get out into those beautiful trails.

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