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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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Well, believe it or not, the MRI came back fine.  Great news!  My ortho mostly laughed as he listened and talked to me about what I do.  After he discovered that I have run 23,000 miles since he fixed up my knee in 2003, he bragged to his receptionists.  I asked him specifically if I've damaged the knee at all from my running.  He said the MRI just shows what he did with the surgery, no new problems.   So what have I done?  "Overuse."  He couldn't rule out a stress fracture, but didn't seem very concerned about doing anything more to find it.  He did say that he should have ordered a brain exam.

He prescribed a steriod to be taken this week which should bring down all the swelling and solve the bursitus.   As we walked down the hall to the front desk, he yelled out and pointed to me limping, "I didn't do this to him!  He did it to himself."   He got me crutches for the next few days.   Hopefully I'll start mending now.

Comments
From Chad Robinson on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 13:29:10 from 50.73.39.89

That's awesome. I think you just added to his resume.

From Lulu Walls on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 14:18:39 from 155.100.212.98

Wow that is great news! Hopefully you'll be as good as new soon :)

From Dan Varga on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 16:42:56 from 65.44.116.4

And people say running ruins your knees. Hope you heal up quick to put some more miles on that knee of yours.

From cachedout on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 17:14:28 from 24.10.223.155

Man, this totally makes my day! I'm so happy to hear this news, Davy. Sounds like that really couldn't have gone much better. I'm so glad.

From crockett on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 17:17:20 from 216.49.181.254

Thanks! And the best news is that after just a few hours on the steriod, my leg already feels better than it has since RR100. Hope it continues.

For some reason my wife doesn't think it is very funny when I hobble around the house on one crutch saying, "God bless us everyone." My daughter laughs. I'm looking for some figgy pudding.

From Jon on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 19:35:05 from 74.177.120.222

Well, that's good news. Now REST! 1 month or more, minimum. Have your wife take away your 100 mile race permission till late summer or something. Better 6 months easy now than no running forever.

From Russ on Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 08:56:18 from 74.114.3.253

I laughed out loud at the image of you playing Tiny Davy. I think it's hilarious! Smart daughter.

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