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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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Recovery going very well.  It seems that the faster I run a 100, the easier it is on my body.  The cool temperatures really helped too.  My quads are a little sore, still grabbing the hand rail going downstairs, but that is about it.  My appetite is still shot, but will be back tomorrow.  Next up is a Grand Canyon remote run in two weeks.

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Six easy power walk miles with a little jogging.  Legs feel pretty good.  Recovery seems to go faster when I start using the legs again soon.

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I've had no motivation to run, so I don't.  But its coming back, already looking at some new adventure runs.

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Back to training!  Soreness all gone.  Started wimpy and ran on the treadmill to help the legs get moving.  Legs felt good, energy not yet all the way back.  This was a fast recovery.  It is always different. 

Looking forward to an adventure run, probably Friday late afternoon out on the salt flats.  Want to preview part of a course a guy is going to use for a 100-mile run in a few weeks.  He doesn't have anyone signed up yet, so I encouraged him to make the event free this year to test things out.  He's going to get aid stations set up.  Should be very interesting.  I may squeeze in yet another 100-miler.  April 29-30.  If anyone is interested, let me know.

Five at lunch.

Evening, one with the dog.

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Ran with my son Kevin out on the Bonneville Salt Flats doing an out and back on the Bonneville Dike out to Floating Island and back.  It was an amazing run.  I'll post a detailed report with pictures later on Saturday.

Details and pictures at: http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=652

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