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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 - White Miles: 27.00Hoka MaFate Miles: 32.00
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Funny how after a day of rest, the leg hurt more getting up in the morning.  After hitting the elliptical for awhile, it tightened up and felt better.   But the continued soreness is discouraging.  Wish it would just go away.

Bought some new Hoka MaFate 2's.  They have better support than the Stinsons and it looks like the solved the upper problems from the initial model.  I still have a severe problem with any shoe where my right foot likes to point out, making the foot turn inward.   That is what was the root cause of the fracture.  Orthotics on that foot helps, but I have to also build up the insole to try to force an even foot placement. 

In the p.m. ran a sub 30-minute 5k. on dirt, grass, and some pavement.   Progress.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - White Miles: 7.00Hoka MaFate Miles: 3.00
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Less pain today.   Was able to do the treadmill at 9:00-10:00 pace at 15% incline for three miles.  After my inside workout, ran a little at good speed on JRP.

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Timp summit #71.   I took my sweet time getting up, didn't eat much, trying to lose some weight.   Caught up with a dozen teen-agers really struggling.   One guy throwing up in the basin.  To quit and were sleeping up on the next ledge, several at the saddle with no desire to go to the summit and a bunch at the summit who looked thrashed.   For most, it was their first time climbing the mountain.   

My run down was good, about 1:30.  For the first time this year I could push sections pretty hard.   The pain was low on the downhills and the new Hokas provided better support although I'll have to figure out some hot spots and better shoe lace tension.

The parking lot is now closed and the Forest Service was there getting to work when I finished.  I parked down on the Alpine Loop road at a turn off.  No biggy, just a half mile or less away.

It is nice to be on the first page of the mileage board at least for a few hours.  I haven't been there for months.

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Yellow Fork Canyon above Herriman

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Yellow Fork Canyon

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Treadmill and JRP run.   10:00-8:30 pace at 10% for six miles.

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Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - White Miles: 27.00Hoka MaFate Miles: 32.00
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