Old Man Still running

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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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Wed, Mar 18, 2009

Total Distance

13.00

This morning a neighbor wanted to try joining in, but didn’t show, so at 4 a.m. I just went ahead and did what I had planned, throwing in an extra mile. I did a nine-mile run out to the Lake Mountain ridge (gotta find a better name for that. Hmm…., historically before Eagle Mountain came to be, the area was called Tickville, maybe I should call it the Tickville ridge). I ran out on the dirt road around the Church farm and then headed up a motorcycle trail, doing a loop counter-clockwise on two spurs of this trail, connecting them by running on top of the ridge. I was amused to see the bikers had posted some new signs telling people to keep their horses off the trail. They even spent time putting some obstructions across an area I usually run through. I paused a couple minutes to clear the path. I can appreciate that they have spent a bunch of time maintaining these trails, but it isn’t their property and they can’t tell people who can and who can’t use it. I took a wrong turn and added a little more fun on a side spur I had only been on once. Coming down was great fun. I completed the loop and decided to again run straight across the Church farm on the very soft and flat dirt road. I like running across there to end a run because it is so soft and there are no rocks to trip over. I pushed the pace harder for awhile doing 8:00 pace. For the last mile, I turned off the light and discovered, even with the moon behind the clouds, I still could run in the dark. There was enough light from the city reflecting to let me still run fast in the dark, using my feet to feel the road. I finished at 6:00 a.m.

On Google Earth, I discovered a motorcycle trail in the lowlands near that area that I have never tried before. I’ll have to explore that tomorrow. Looks like it could be some fun.

4 mile walk during lunch along 2nd North and then back through downtown.

My priority before the next race is to lose a little more weight. Any pound saved makes a huge difference in 100-mile runs. I've come down 4 pounds since Saturday. Pretty easy, just put in a high mileage week while cutting half-way back on the food. I also do this training without taking carbs with me.

Comments

From jun on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:39:06 from 66.239.250.209

Fantastic run. I was in Lehi last Saturday and kept looking up at those hills, knowing that is where you train and jealous that I wasn't up there.

Monday I am planning a run of Grandeur Peak, down into Church Fork and than down the road and back to my car. Hopefully it will go well.

From crockett on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:51:22 from 216.49.181.128

Grandeur Peak is a very tough run, done it a couple times. Hopefully the snow has mostly melted. I look forward to tougher climbs after Moab 100 in 10 days.

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