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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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Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 68.00La Sportive Wildcat - Yellow Miles: 7.00
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20.00

Rocky Raccoon 100 is now the focus in less than three weeks.   It is a 20-mile loop that is run five times in Huntsville State Park, near Houston.  I ran it in 2005 and 2008.   I have yet to break 24 hours there, but I should if the knee holds up.

So, today, I ran 20 miles on the dreadmill. I ran the first 16 miles at marathon pace but then had to back off because the knee started to ache.  Shoot.  I backed off to 10:00 miles which is a more sustainable pace for RR100.  I finished my 20 miles in 2:45, which is much faster than I will do a loop at Rocky.  (My fastest loop there is 3:08). But my workout was pretty tough, because I threw in some tough inclines to punish me.   The treadmill thinks I climbed 3,000 feet and burned 3,500 calories.  It was pretty funny, at mile 16, the guy cleaning the rec room said, "you still here, how far are you going?"  I said I didn't know, but had gone 16 miles.   I heard gasps from the others working out.

I did this workout as another no-carb run.  I've been asked why I do no-carb workouts.  My theory is that it helps my body handle running stress better, and it can make the transition to fat-burning very easily.  For some people, when the body needs to start burning fat, they bonk (hit the wall).  So, my theory is it helps me.  But it also helps get lose some weight.  The danger of it, is that I get very comfortable running without calorie intake during 100s, and tend not to eat enough.   I really have to monitor that and try to take in 250-300 per hour during a race.   If I don't, after 14 hours or so I'm in danger of a major bonk.   That happened last year at Wasatch 100 and JJ100.  It then takes a couple hours or more to recover.   I pulled out  of it in both cases and finished fine.

Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 20.00
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Tough treadmill workout.   Ran steady at about 7:40-mile pace with 5% incline with some bursts to 10%.  Seven miles in less than an hour.  Felt good and strong.  The knee felt fine, I think it is getting stronger.

P.M.

Another treadmill workout similar to the morning.

Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 14.00
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Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 6.00
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Treadmill, 7:30 pace

La Sportive Wildcat - Yellow Miles: 7.00
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28.00

This was my last long run before Rocky Raccoon 100 in two weeks.  28 miles of mental torture on the treadmill.   Started at 5 a.m. Actually, it wasn't too bad.  If I hit the treadmill first thing in the morning when I'm still sleepy, my mind doesn't get bored fast.   I guess I sleep run for the first hour of so.  I did keep the lights off at the rec center.   The first person showed up at about 6:45, so I had the place to myself for awhile.   People came and went, and I kept on running.

I hit the marathon mark around 3:40, felt fine and just kept going for a couple more miles.  The knee did  start to ache around mile 26, which is 10 mile further than last week.  So that is good.  It seems to be making progress. It was nice to spend four hours on the feet.   Things held up pretty good.

I did this as another no-carb run, so I was a little hungry at the end.  The view out on the lake was beautiful after the storm.  The were a cool bank of fog stretching up and down the lake, looking like a snowy hill in the middle of the lake.

I don't feel too guilty about not running outdoors in the cold.  I think running at 70-75 degrees is good for my training right now, because the last time I ran RR100, the heat in the 70s affected me.   Since I'm not running trails right now, I'm trying to do some ankle exercises now and then.

Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 28.00
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Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 68.00La Sportive Wildcat - Yellow Miles: 7.00
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