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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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Recovering.  Starting to bounce back 48 hours after finishing. Sore calves for some reason, I guess all the climbs.  I still haven't figured out Cascade Crest.  I pushed the 23 miles pretty hard but at that point was in 88th place.  In other races when I push that hard I'm way up in the standings.  That first massive climb must take its toll.   But it is fun to see how I kept climbing in the standings.  During a 15-mile section during the night I climbed a nice ten places as I charged up a long hill and blasted down the other side.  But 60th was the highest I got.  Looks like if my stomach would not have shut down I could have finished about 50th place.

I'm getting old.  A young guy offered me his seat on the full train this morning as I shuffled on.   I first took it, but then realized that I just couldn't.  I had been on my feet for more than 28 hours straight this weekend.  I could handle a few minutes on the train.

I see that last week I surpassed my 2012 miles for the year.  Nice to be back.

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For the first time in many weeks I did a long run on pavement. Got up with the sun and ran up the JRP to Camp Williams and then ran down Redwood Road to home.  Worked the 100-mile kinks out the the legs and kept a pretty good pace going.  Many people out running and riding, a beautiful morning that got warm at the end.

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