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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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51st anniversary of my father's sudden death.  A date I always remember.

Congrats to all the Boston runners, I was thinking about you today, remembering my fond memories running in 2010.

Well, it has been 9 weeks since I ran 100 miles on my busted leg and busted it up more.  I think improvement.  It is getting to the point when I feel any pain at all I'm discouraged.  I seem to forget that just several weeks ago, I couldn't do much.   Pain is now very low for short walks (around the house, etc.).

Researched more about stress fracture healing.  The callus lumps on the bone start at point on the fracture furthest from the initial point of fracture.  That is indeed what is going on for me.  The largest bump is now over the spot that was hurting me 14 weeks ago, and also a spot that would hurt now and then for the past couple years.

I'm still have a very long way from running.   I'm trying to shed some pounds by swimming.  Watching Biggest Loser while eating ice cream isn't working.

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Good pool workout, a mile+ and kick workout and aqua "jogging."  Really boring.  Funny to watch the few people who come that early.  One that comes almost every morning around 5 a.m. is a lady who wears a big shower cap.  She never gets her head under the water.  She does this little dog paddle and then does hops and arm movements.  I'm sure it is helping some because she is so dedicated, but refusing to get he hair wet is kind of funny.

Another guy came today.  All he did was walk in the pool across the lanes, coming close to getting in the way of the swimmers using the lanes.  I couldn't figure out the value of this walking back and forth.  He didn't appear to have an injury.  Oh well.

Another guy who comes often, swims freestyle with his head poking up, causing his feet to drag down in the water.  I want to give him some pointers about keeping his head down, but I know my stroke isn't perfect.

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