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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 5 - Black Miles: 10.00Hoka - Bondi B Miles: 61.00Montrail Wildwoods - Red Miles: 23.00La Sportiva Wildcat Red Miles: 17.00
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Recovered well from the half, just being lazy today and tapering for the 100 on Friday.  They announced the alternate snow course.  Much less climbing than even the snow course of 08, but still challenging.  Mud will really be the issue.  Wet feet starting around mile 10 to the finish.   The Hokas will stay home.  My strategy is just to plow through the mud like crazy and not worry about wet, muddy feet.   Looks like cool temperatures with possible rain at times.  Perfect.

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Run up Rose Canyon and down Yellow Fork. Just an easy run to chase off any taper pains.

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In Wyoming, resting up, watching the US Open... great times.  

Drove up near the course at 8000 feet.  Conditions are better than expected.  Tested out the Hokas.  I'm going with them because the soils is pretty sandy, feet not sliding even in the mud.

Next, went to visit the Little Bighorn battlefield for the first time up in Montana.  A sad place but very historic.

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Race: Bighorn 100 (100 Miles) 30:12:00
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So much for long race reports.  I belive I busted my hand from a fall at mile 30.  At first it seemed ok, but swelled bad.  Had to grip a stick to avoid pain from bouncing around.  At mile 50 was in about 20th place but then had a major bonk all night long.  Stomache never really recovered.   At mile 74 I was over two hours behind those who I was running with for the first 50, so I just cruised in from them.  Waited at mile 81 for 1.5 hours until son Kevin arrived at the aid station running his 50K.  The courses merged there, so we ran the last 18 miles together.  It was his first ultramarthon finish.  7:55 on a very tough course.

Doing stuff with the left hand is a bummer.  If I forget and use the right hand, I get to scream with pain.  Pretty cool.  I'll get it xrayed on Monday.  I can type with the right hand except for the pinky finger. 

Montrail Wildwoods - Red Miles: 23.00Hoka - Bondi B Miles: 60.00La Sportiva Wildcat Red Miles: 17.00
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Total Distance
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Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Black Miles: 10.00Hoka - Bondi B Miles: 61.00Montrail Wildwoods - Red Miles: 23.00La Sportiva Wildcat Red Miles: 17.00
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