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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 Miles: 4.00Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 24.00La Sportive Wildcat - Yellow Miles: 100.00
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walk with the dog

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Easy treadmill miles.  Sharp pain in the knee on the very first running step caused limping.  Strange.  Seemed more like a kink than the usual.  Hurt the rest of the day when walking.  Just will rest it.   Probably will be gone tomorrow...kind of like phantom taper pains....but it is in the problem area of my knee.

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Easy treadmill miles.  Knee felt better, mild pain like a couple weeks ago.  Less pain when running slower.  I'm hoping that the soft trails at RR100 will help.  Looks like the course will get some good rain this week, dry on Friday, and dry during the race.  We'll probalby have some muddy spots to go through, but I doubt it will be terrible.

I signed up for two more races.   Bighorn 100 in June, and Ogden Marathon in May (Zions bank had some entries for customers....I grabbed one).

So, I have a busy year planned

  • Rocky Raccoon 100
  • Antelope Island 100 (running the 50 course twice)
  • Boston Marathon
  • Ogden Marathon
  • Squaw Peak 50
  • Bighorn 100
  • Tahoe Rim 100
  • Wasatch 100 or Cascade Crest 100
  • Bear 100
  • Pony Express Trail 100

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Easy treadmill.   Last mile did power walking at 5% approaching 12:00 pace.   I want some more practice doing fast power walking, probably will do more after work.  I'll probably be putting in longer walking stretches during the 3rd loop (mile 40-60), and I need more practice keeping my pace at least 4.5 mph.

Very minimal knee pain.  That is a relief.    I think I'll be fine.  Usually the week before a 100 I go almost dormant, but this time I'm keeping up some consistent running because it seems to keep the knee happier for some reason.

I'll be flying to Houston on Friday with Jon, Paul, and Cody.   We'll be the FRB contingent at RR100.

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Very easy treadmill miles.   Goals for RR100 are:   1. break 24 hours.   Have to do that.   But if the knee is fine, breaking 22 hours is very possible.  My 2005 time was 26:53 (my first 100 finish), 2008 was 25:38 (had significant feet problems and it was hot).   So, I hope to do well

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Race: Rocky Raccoon 100 (100 Miles) 21:07:58, Place overall: 41, Place in age division: 5
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Read my race report at http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=169

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