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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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Recovery going very well.  The foot seems fine, we'll see in a couple days.  I have a couple blisters healing, nothing very bad.  Quads a little sore, but I can jog down stairs already.

So, my 35th 100-mile finish is in the books (see list on the left).  Of my seven Bear 100 attempts, this was by far my best race.  With a very competetive race this year, I finished in the top 16%.  This was also my 11th straight 100 finishing in under 30 hours.  I've never before finished two in under 30 hours two weeks apart before this.  One more number, 17th straight 100 without a DNF. OK, just one more:  My 64th ultra finish in just over six years.

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Bouncing back. Feel much better today.  Appetite back. 

Spent time looking at my performance and was pleased with how well I ran the last 25 miles.  That usually is my huge problem.  In the chart below you can see the improvement for each split compared to last year.  The Franklin split should have been at least 10 minutes faster, I cruised, but I lost the time due to the wrong turn.

  miles 2010 goal 2008 2009 2010 split delta
Start 0 0:00        
Logan Peak 10.5 2:30 2:42 2:33 2:23 -10
Leatham Hollow 19.7 4:00 4:20 4:10 3:59 -1
Richards Hollow 22.5 4:35 4:58 4:44 4:33 0
Cowley Canyon 30 6:20 7:15 6:38 6:23 -4
Right Hand Fork 36.9 7:50 9:01 8:06 7:51 0
Temple Fork 45.2 9:45 11:12 10:09 9:48 -6
Tony Grove 51.8 12:00 13:18 12:17 12:04 8
Franklin TH 61.5 14:30 16:30 14:51 14:37 -1
Logan River 69.5 16:50 19:42 17:12 17:09 9
Beaver Lodge 75.8 19:00 22:17 20:15 19:27 -43
Gibson Basin 81.2 20:45 24:52:00 22:15 21:10:00 -17
Beaver CG 85.3 21:50 25:52:00 23:28 22:10:00 -13
Ranger Dip 92.2 24:10:00 28:21:00 25:57:00 24:22:00 -17
Finish 100 26:00:00 30:51:00 28:21:00 26:30:45 -16

My total time in the aid stations was 60 minutes.  I'm pleased with that.   It was 40 minutes faster than last year.

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Continued good recovery.  Not yet ready to run.  Thoughts drifting toward running Pony Express Trail 100 in 17 days.  Looks like we will have at least 50 runners.  Fun times.

I've posted my Bear 100 report at: http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=463

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I wanted to greet Karl Meltzer as he approached the Wasatch Front on his epic end-to-end run of the Pony Express Trail.  I had a little trouble finding him because he took a wrong turn at Fairfield, but after a quick call to jun, who checked the spot tracking online, he helped me figure out where he was.   I parked my car when I saw the RV's in the distance and ran back and surprised Karl.

He was in great spirits and seemed to enjoy the company as I ran with him across Cedar Valley.  I enjoyed hearing about his adventures thus far.  Lots of crazy mishaps with his crew, navigation challenges.  He's anxious to arrive home this afternoon in Sandy and will take tomorrow off because of media appointments.

His pace is good, averaging about 5 mph, but for a good portion he ran 10-minute miles.  After seven miles, I was beat, still not fully recovered from the Bear.   I let him know who won the Bear this year and how it all went.

He seemed to enjoy the run through western Utah.   He ran through my Pony Express 100 route during the last couple days.   I awarded him the first Pony Express Trail 100 belt buckle.  He got a kick out of that.

As we ran, his eyes were on Lone Peak in the distance.  He kept commenting how it was coming closer and closer.  That was his target for arriving home.  For the rest of Utah, he plans to leave the trail a bit and run on trails for awhile.  I'm sure the dirt road and pavement pounding is getting to him.  When I ran with him, he would seek out the dirt and even grassy shoulders to run on.   His feet are doing great and Hokas holding up very well.

It was a fun morning.

 

 

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Four on the treadmill, hated it, the  rest outside.  Trying to feel comfortable with 7:30 pace.

p.m. Three more miles with the dog after staring at a computer for eight hours helping broadcast general conference on the Internet.  Morning session was interesting because they had audio configured wrong at the pulpit, no sound for first 20 minutes from speakers.  Users kept refreshing their browsers over and over again slamming our servers.  Fun times.

Knee a little sore...over-use pain.   Guess I'll have to rest.   Thats the way it goes.

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