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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.or g/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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Recovery going well. Got home last night, slept nine hours. Going to get the hand checked out this afternoon. Still swollen and red but I can type again with all fingers, no problem. Hopefully it is just a bad sprain. I don't want a cast, nor do I want them to carve it up and put a pin in.

So it was an interesting race. 1 finished the first 50 mile in 11:44, about 20 minutes behind schedule (I think the hand problem slowed me down about 15 minutes). Indeed, Tom, Cory, and Bryce were 10-20 minutes ahead of me. I should have been up with them. Well, then the wheels fell off and the stomach went south all night long. The next 50 miles going back took 18.5 hours. Once I reached mile 70 and ate a bunch of bacon, my stomach came back to life. I reached mile 76 just in time to see all the 50K runners start and was so pleased to cheer my son Kevin. I then ran a boring 7-mile out and back. I saw people who I was running near at mile 50, about seven miles ahead. Bummer. As I ran, I just decided I didn't care about my time, why not run the rest in with Kevin?

So, for about 1.5 hours, I kicked back at mile 83.3 waiting for my son Kevin to arrive during his 50K. It was about mile 13 for him. He was very surpised to see me laying down on the grass under and blanket.

The last 18 were funny. My stomach had recovered and I had all this pent-up energy. At times I showed off for the 50Kers and sprinted up huge hills and then stopped to wait for Kevin to catch up. He did great, kept a jog going almost all of the last 18 miles. He finished in 7:55. I lost track of him with five miles to go at an aid station. I thought he had ducked into a bathroom, but it turns out he sprinted ahead down the road. So I searched, waited, and then finally concluded that he was ahead. He finished 20 minutes ahead of me. I waited until Matt and Anne Watts caught up and enjoyed finishing the last two miles with them.

It was great fun. It has been a long time since I've run a 100 and not cared about time and placement, just enjoying the day.

So, the legs and body are just fine. Feels like I ran a hard 50.

Comments

From jun on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 14:04:04 from 205.158.160.209

I hope I feel that good after this coming weekend. Congrats again.

From crockett on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 14:53:39 from 216.49.181.254

Go break the Laramie 100 course record, 22:27.

From jun on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 14:54:03 from 205.158.160.209

Thanks, that's my plan!

From Bryce on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 00:21:40 from 76.27.58.194

Geeze Davey! That's a pretty clean snap! Thought you looked solid when we passed near the turn around. I had no idea you were injured. Nice job finishing in style.

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