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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: 6.00Hoka Stinson Evo Miles: 100.00
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I'm into my usual taper before a 100-miler.  Last month I went into Cascade Crest with doubts and fear.  I go into Bear 100 with guarded confidence.  The leg seems to continue to improve.  With all the miles I did Saturday, I'm pretty much pain-free today.  So I think I'm ready to push this race.  My best time was in 2010, a 26:30.  But that was just two weeks after a 28:30 Wasatch 100.  Shouldn't I be able to come close to a 26:30, being more rested?   Looks like I'll have one or two sons coming up with me to crew or pace.  Weather looks perfect.  

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Six easy miles on pavement.  Just to keep the legs fresh.

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Power walk during lunch.   Soft tissue leg pain about an inch below the fracture area.  Swells a little.   But usually after a couple hours of running that area calms down, so I won't worry.

Charted my 100-mile finish times over the year.   Interesting how my best times were improving each year.

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Race: The Bear 100 (100 Miles) 31:46:05, Place overall: 102
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Finished my 50th 100-mile race. Started off fine.   I tried to push this one harder, but discovered that I just couldn't run it even close to what I did in 2010.  Taking 4:30 to reach Leatham vs. 4:00 is a telling tale.  Oh well, coming to terms with it.  Age, lack of training, an still some because of the leg.   The leg did hold up pretty well but I did hold back on most of the downhills.

Had good fun with pacers, brother Bob and son Kevin.  Son Ryan crewed all the stops.   I had company from mile 37 on, except for a rough section from Beaver Lodge to Beaver Campground in the early morning.

All went pretty well until about mile 63 when terrible GI issues slowed me way down.  I could solve them until mile 83.  That problem cost me about 2 hours. Other issues were lung problems starting at mile 80.   Then blisters for the last 50 miles.  The trail was very dusty, more than usual.  I should have stopped to clean my feet often.

So, it was a rough night at The Bear.  But the fall colors were amazing. 

I think with a perfect race I could have run it at about 27:30 compared to my PR of 26:30.

But, 31:46 it was.   I'll take it.  

 

 

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