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Cascade Crest 100

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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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Resting up for Cascade Crest 100 on Saturday in the Cascade Mountains of Washington, where I grew up skiing.  Should be great fun running in the fir trees.

Need to rest the knee, isn't too bad, but I can tell it got hammered with the backpack weight.  Gee, when I backpacked seven years ago, I was more than that weight without the backpack.

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Gotta love a lazy week, especially when it is hot.  Just eating, sleeping, stretching.

Cascade Crest 100 weather looks perfect in Washington.  Sunny and cool on Saturday.  Hopefully some great clear views of Mount Rainier and the Cascades.

I'll probably go visit my neighborhood, schools, etc. that I grew up in from age 9 until going away to college and then go camp near the start.   10 a.m. starts are nice.  It should be very similar to Bighorn, both with the later start and the big initial climb.  Been there, done that many times, so have a good idea how to attack this race.   I grew up skiing on the slopes that this race is near, Snoqualmie, Ski Acres, Hyak and Alpental

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Sat, Aug 27, 2011
Race: Cascade Crest 100 (100 Miles) 27:40:20, Place overall: 47
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I'll do a race report later.

This race is crazy difficult.  I believe it is tougher than the Bear, close to Wasatch.  Heat makes it tough each year.  It starts at 10 a.m. when it already is hot. By mile 15 I was dehydrated.  That initial climb took forever.  I didn't pull out the dehydration until the sun was down.  At one point I was in 25th place, but that crumbled as I had gut issues and had to stop to solve.  For the rest of the race I hung out with a group including Chris Gerber that was in about 50th place.  

The second half of the race is much tougher.  There is a long section at night, the trail from Hell.  It had tons of blowdowns, roots, ups and down.  It reminded me of some unmaintained stuff in the Uintas.  Then there were huge climbs without switch-backs.  Man!

I had some great stretches where I really cruised.  I finished with lots of gas in the tank.  But the heat just isn't for me.  I doubt I will do that race again.  Just too hot.   I had mild stomach issues, nothing like Bighorn or Tahoe thank goodness.  But the entire course was below 6,000 feet and most of it below 4,500 which is below my house.  So altitude wasn't a problem and my breathing was fine.

It really is a beautiful course.  Much of it is forest tunnels, but lots is on high ridges with great views of Rainier and the North Cascades.

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