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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 - Yellow Miles: 36.00New Balance Leadville Miles: 44.00
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Treadmill. Easing up the daily miles.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 11.00
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Treadmill.   Always interesting observing other people's workout.  Today a young lady came in and did some barefoot running on the treadmill.  You would think barefoot running helps improved running form.  Not in this case.  Her heel strikes were so hard they could be heard loudly even though I had ear phones one.  I wish I had the nerve to stop and give advise, but I'm just an old man on the treadmill next to her. 

Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 5.00
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Treadmill

Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 9.00
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Treadmill.  Today's runner to watch is a guy that comes in for about 20 mintues.   He runs about 8:00 pace for 30 seconds, checks his heart rate and then walks slowlly for about 4 minutes and then repeats, even has a water bottle to drink.  After 20 minutes, no sweat, done. I don't get it. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a heart condition.  I've seen him do this workout many times.  I don't get it.  I guess he thinks if he gets his heart rate up to a certain level that it is a workout.  Better than nothing, but I think he could do the same walking up and down his stairs about five times.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 11.00
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Out running about 3:30 a.m.  Ran down Redwood Road on the west side of Utah Lake for about 13 miles to Soldier Pass Road.  I enjoy running the road at night when there is very little traffic so I can usually run down the center line.   From there I ran the dirt road up and over the pass into chilly Cedar Pass.  I took a new route and took a straight dirt road directly west by a land fill. The sun peeked over the mountains to the east but didn't warm things up much.  My water bottle froze and it was funny to see one ended up containing ice cubes.  I made the turn north and ran into Fairfield.  I took a break at Camp Floyd and the famed heated bathroom, changing out of my warm clothes and filling my empty bottles.  The morning started to warm up and I kept a good pace on the Pony Express route across Cedar Valley to the new middle school.  Once on the paved trail to Unity Pass I picked up the pace nicely clocking some sub 9:00 miles.   I made a quick stop to fill up at the convenient store at the Ranches and then pressed the pace, returning home around noon.

New Balance Leadville Miles: 44.00
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Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 36.00New Balance Leadville Miles: 44.00
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