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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 6 - Yellow Miles: 43.00
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Recovery is going very fast, typical when I take a 100-mile race easy.  I can already pass the jog down the stairs test.  The hamstring is sore, but it should be after 100 miles.  We'll see how it feels by the end of the week.   My energy and appetite bounced back much faster than normal.   I only had one very small blister on a toe.  No new injuries.  I'm anxious to be out running again.

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Running 100 miles is the secret to curing all your ills.  I'm serious.  This has happened many times to me.  I go into a race with a nagging muscle or tendon issue.  I come out of it cured.  My nagging hamstring issue seems to be gone.  I ran totally pain free for the first time in a long time.   I just did a "getting out the kinks" treadmill run this morning and it went great.   Just some knee joint pain now and then which is normal after a 100.  But the leg muscles feel great.  So, recovery was just 5 days this time....a sure sign that I really was a slacker during the 100.   But, now I can get back to training and focus on the next race.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 6.00
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Did a nice long recovery run.  Ran from home all the way to Fairfield (used the heated bathroom...it is the best).  The sun rose and warmed thing up.  I then ran on ATV trails to Cedar Fort and used the gas station there as an aid station.  Next, ran on dirt roads to the north end of Cedar Valley near Camp Williams and then headed to the Ranches.  Stopped at the convenient store there, and then headed for home.   Legs felt pretty good.  The hamstring is still a little sore, but not much, lots better than last year.  It was nice to be able to do a long training run, the longest since December.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 37.00
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Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 43.00
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