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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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OK, the after affects of running 100 miles.   No injuries! It is always a huge victory if you come out without an injury.  Very minor blisters, in the usual spots, hardly noticed them.  The Hokas held up very well.  Zero foot-bottom soreness.  That really is amazing.  The people in Texas hadn't seen them before so I was asked lots of questions about them along the way.  My remaining problem with them are the backs of the heels.  They are too high and after 100 miles leaves my achilies a little swolen.  I guess I will have to alter the shoes again.  I now have 450 miles on those shoes and they feel like they still have plenty more in them.

It is funny how recovering from 100-milers is always a little different.  For most of them, I feel drained, physically ill for a couple days, and don't have an appetite.  But this time in that area, I feel great.  But this time my quads are really sore, especially the left one.  I think how well I feel generally is due to two things, the cool temperature during the race, and my laziness for that last six hours or so.  I can tell that I was lazy and had more I could have given if the crazy stomach would have cooperated.  Oh well.   My left quad is more sore than the right because I think I lead with that leg and sub-consciencely protect my bad right knee.  I'll have to work on that.

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Legs still quite sore, but I passed the "jog downstairs without grabbing the handrail" test.   Not bad to pass that test after just two days. The official RR100 standings are being worked on and it looks like I fell to 34th place with 316 starters.  116 runners dropped out along the way.  That is a pretty huge dropout rate, the biggest in years there.  I guess the cold weather really took its toll.

This was my 67th ultra finish.  Taking a look at my performance trend chart in ultras, I finished this race about right on target in the top 11% of starters.  The chart below shows my history.  10% means that I finished in the top 10%, so I want my number to be low.  Last year at Rocky I was in the top 13%.  So even for this race I improved.  Not bad because the top of the leader board was really stacked this year.

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It feels like I've bounced back pretty well.   I'll start running again when I'm interested.  I may take a rare break just for kicks.

I wrote up my detailed report for Rocky Raccoon 100.  http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=612

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It is fun to be lazy and not feel guilty.

My big decision right now is, Should I really try to run three 100s, each within two weeks of each other this year?  Three is six weeks? Cascade Crest 100 registrations opens and sells out Saturday.  I would really like to run that race, but Wasatch is two weeks after that, and I would really like to ran another race two weeks after that.   If I do this, I would race CC100 and shoot for sub-24, but I would take it easy and have fun at Wasatch.  Then I would try to race Virgil Crest.   Decisions, decisions.  

I didn't get into Hardrock, or even on the wait list, so I did the right thing there and entered Tahoe Rim 100 before it filled up.

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Big mileage week, 5 miles.  Did easy treadmill.  The left quad is still tight and sore, unusual, but should be fine in a few more days.  I'll start using it and it should heal faster.

I signed up for Cascade Crest 100 in August.  I've wanted to do that race for several years, it is located in the mountains where I grew up skiing and camping in Washington.  Should be fun to go home.  But, it looks like I'm targeting nine 100-milers this year.

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