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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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Things are improving, slow but sure.  But it seems like I can detect improvement every couple days rather than every 7 days.  I have stretches that I can walk pain-free now.   I'm leering about doing any cross-training that involves any pain at all.  Seems like when I have tried, I've been set back a couple days.   So I'm avoiding any exercise that involves pain in the area until I'm sure I can take it without doing damage.   That means only swimming, and it seems like I can do some bike now.  I'm still using the bone stimulator.  I've been on it for two weeks now.  The doctor thought it would be six weeks.  So, I'm hoping to be healed in four weeks.  If not, I'll miss Cascade Crest.   I've gained about 12 pounds.  That is bad, so I'm starting to diet.  Yuk.   I'd rather work out and let it just fall off normally.

Got up early at 5 a.m. to go swim, but the pool was closed because poop was found in it.   Great.

Pool Laps Miles: 200.00
Comments
From Smooth on Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 17:03:16 from 174.27.192.130

Bone stimulator sounds intriguing.

Poop in the pool...GROSS!

Here's to speedy healing! :)

From Russ on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 09:58:04 from 74.114.3.253

Davy, I thought of you and your 100 mile exploits this weekend while doing the 50K in the Bighorn run. What gorgeous country! I have amazing respect for your abilities as I couldn't fathom running any further than what I did. I hope the healing continues quickly and you can get back to the trails.

From crockett on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:00:43 from 216.49.181.254

Thanks Russ. Bighorn is an amazing course. I thought of you guys last weekend. Wish I was there.

From Andrea on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:18:38 from 72.37.171.52

Good to hear that you are improving!

From jsh on Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 08:40:49 from 63.253.43.114

Glad to hear that things are coming around! Hopefully you can be ready for Cascade Crest. I know how much it sucks missing races... I've had my fair share this year.

From jun on Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 08:46:44 from 205.158.160.209

Slow but sure, you're on your way back. Stay with it. BTW, trying to coordinate everyone doing trail work together isn't work. I think I'm just going to schedule with the forest service sometime next week if you're interested.

From Maurine/Miles on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:03:11 from 63.255.172.2

Dave - glad to hear you are making some progress. I hope you are back to being pain free soon. Is your family ready to kill you yet?

From crockett on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:09:20 from 216.49.181.254

Thanks all. Yesterday I concluded for the first time that I really will be able to run again. I was out at the scout camp at Scovill and to get from the campsites to the lake area you have to do a pretty massive half mile hike down to it. I had to do it 4-5 times and the leg was nearly pain-free on both the downs and the ups. I detected weakness and also my fitness isn't where it used to be on climbs. So, in order to do Cascade Crest, I really need to be able to do at least very hard cross training in two weeks. I'm skeptical but now hopeful.

From Holt on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:56:38 from 67.2.240.4

Just get the leg better and then you can talk about running insane races/runs! Glad to hear there is some progress.

From flatlander on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 08:05:18 from 76.31.26.153

Great to hear about this progress, you are handling this well.

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