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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 5 - Green Miles: 78.00Montrail Wildwood Miles: 15.00
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18.00

Out at 3 a.m.  35 degrees and pleasant.  Ran a 10-mile pavement loop on Jordan River trail into Lehi and back.   Then did 8 miles on the treadmill with long stretches at 15% incline.  Feeling strong and fast.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Green Miles: 18.00
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Ran on the Jordan River Parkway, started at Bluffdale, ran to 106th South and back. 9:00 pace.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Green Miles: 13.00
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Out at 3 a.m.  16 degrees F. Ran ten on the pavement, 9:15 pace.  Water bottle was turning to slush.  Then did nine miles on the treadmill at 7:50 pace.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Green Miles: 19.00
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Ran a chilly run out to Eagle Mountain, Ranches, and back.  Wind chill was tough for the last few miles.  Averaged 10:00 pace.  The dirt roads were frozen hard.

Thinking back at my long runs this year.  I really think doing runs over 30 miles has helped me condition for 100-milers and making it possible for me to recover from them quickly.  I went back to see how many runs of 30 miles or more I have done lifetime:

2002 2
2003 2
2004 13
2005 21
2006 22
2007 20
2008 16
2009 19
2010 25
Total 140

I'll probably have a couple more this year, so it has been a good year for these ultra-distance runs.

 

Montrail Wildwood Miles: 15.00
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A nice long easy-paced run, early morning in the snow.  I love running at night in fresh snow.  It snowed a couple inches while I was running. The wind chill got frigid for that last few miles as the storm got worse.

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p.m. 11 miles on treadmill while watching Kona Ironman coverage/documentary.  Looks like I came out on top of the mileage board this week.  I think I've done that about ten times this year.  Good tough training week this week.  Pleased that I toughed it out and got outside for about half the miles.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Green Miles: 28.00
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Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Green Miles: 78.00Montrail Wildwood Miles: 15.00
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