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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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Went skiing for the first time in several years.  Skiing used to be my passion but I've been leary of it ever since tearing my meniscus while skiing in 2003.  But since I can't really run, I accepted an invite from my backpacking buddies, Carl, Brad and David.  These guys are featured in part 2 of the running memoirs I'm writing. http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=1331  I blame them for my switch to running. 

It was wonderful skiing Park City. My leg never complained.  Within about four runs, my confidence grew and by the end of the day I was attacking the moguls and powder like the old days.  Wow, it was incredible.  And of course so fun with my good friends.

But the major difference is fitness.  In past years when skiing I wouldn't be in good shape and would suffer, would have to stop and rest, and would be sore and wasted at the end of the day.   Not so now.  Being it nearly top shape, I never had to stop, was never sore, and enjoyed the entire day.   That is pretty staggering to think that at 55, I'm in better shape then I was in my early 20s.

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Joined in with many Wasatch Wranglers to run up and down Lake Mountain.  I woke up at 6:45 and arrived at the start just as a large group left.  Oh well, I would end up catching up with most of them.  I first ran up this mountain in September, 2002.  For years, my prints were the only to be found on the mountain besides the hunters from their ATVs.  Today, I'm sure, was the largest group that have ever run up the mountain in one day.  Nearly 20 made it to the top and several did a double.   It was very cold on top.  The snow was about as deep as I've seen, and we had a great time bounding down the mountain.   I felt almost no pain going up, but coming down some and it was a little sore later in the day.  The soft snow really helped because I ran down pretty fast, just a couple minutes behind the fastest group.

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