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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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Tue, Mar 16, 2010
Total Distance
23.00

This morning I was out running at 3:55 a.m.   I previewed (in the dark) the half-marathon course (Shamrock half marathon) being run this Saturday in Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain.   It starts Westlake high school. It is a challenging course, will be fun, but really not a viable course for the long-term.   It has to cross busy roads four times and runs along a busy road without a shoulder and blind corners for about two miles.  It jumps from bike paths to roads, to sidewalks.  There are lots of turns and it crosses about 20 streets.  So not very fast at all. But there are some fun stretches including above the golf course in the Ranches, over a hill south of the Ranches, and the last two miles are fast downhill.   There is about 800 feet elevation gain and decline.

Course  Website

My splits were:  7:44, 7:59 (hill), 8:56 (hill), 7:56, 9:09 (getting lazy), 8:42 (sight-seeing), 8:22, 9:21 (hill), 9:08, 8:15, 8:35, 7:17 (downhill), 7:44, 1:20.    Total was about 1:50.   I think 1:45 is probably a pretty good time for me on the course.  I suspect I’ll push for about 1:40.

I did take a wrong turn after mile 5 (took the mistake out of my splits).  I turned too soon and did an extra 1.5 miles in a neighborhood.  I figured it out and then just went back to the mile 5 location and started the watch again.  No biggy, extra miles are good and I had time.

I did notice that the race director had painted mile marks and arrows on some nice sidewalks.   That’s not good.  They are small, not big enough to keep me on course in the dark.  I also took my sweet time checking street signs.   It was a fun run and I look forward to racing it on Saturday.

p.m.

8 miles with the dog.  15 miles in two days was probably too much for her.  She was happy to get back home.

Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 23.00
Comments
From jun on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:13:13 from 66.239.250.209

My favorite part was the "8:42 (sight-seeing)". Sounds so like you. The course sounds fun, even if it is contrived. It is on Saturday, right? You still planning on hitting a few miles with us on Thursday out in Cedar Valley? It will just be me and Scott W.

From crockett on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 14:05:24 from 216.49.181.254

jun. Yes, I think I'll join you for some of it as long as the weather is OK. Looks like the storm won't arrive until later in the day so it actually might be warm and pleasant. Let me know the plans.

From Nevels on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 14:20:25 from 65.4.23.143

Interesting sounding course... Perhaps you could look at it as an "urban adventure race."

From crockett on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 14:35:40 from 216.49.181.254

Nevels. Yep. I could probably stop at two convenient stores along the way for a snack and still beat most the field. Even better, bring a club and hit some balls down a fairway we will run by.

From Kelli on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 19:37:15 from 71.219.89.82

I was excited because we were tied for mileage this week, now I see I have entered three days and you have only entered 2!!! Holy cow, you are a RUNNER! And aren't you doing like 50 or something on Thursday?

From crockett on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 21:24:17 from 71.36.81.227

Well, I broke the tie with four miles this afternoon. You are still ahead for the month. No, I'm only going to do 20 max tomorrow because I have the 1/2 marathon on Saturday that I should place high in (if only local runners show up). But beware, next week will be a 100+ mile week with Antelope 100 next weekend.

From reeses on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 23:49:47 from 71.36.81.227

crockett isn't really that fast. I raced him today and he couldn't keep up.

From Kelli on Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 14:01:49 from 71.219.89.82

DANG IT!!! With 20 today I will never catch up, but I did not really expect to!

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