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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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Tomorrow I go under the knife, getting a wisdom tooth hacked out.

In case I don't wake up, here is my runner last will and testament

To ScottW, I give my GPS, maps, emergency whistle, and signal mirror.  I know he will still get lost, but it might help.  At least he can use the whistle and mirror.

To Jun, I give me Pony Express 100 championship trophy.  This will be the only way he will get one...heh, heh.

To Kelli, I give my green flashlight so maybe she won't be afraid to run on trails at night

To Jon, I give all my old stinky shoes and socks with holes in them.  I'm sure he will find some good use for them.  They will smell even better in the humid south.

To JimKern I give all the runner schwag that I've received at races.  You might need to rent a u-haul to get it home.

To Smooth, I give my hot chocolate, oranges, and hammer gel.  Mix them all in a blender for your next run with the girls.  Then everyone has to raise their glasses full of it to toast me.

I write this wihile still be unsound in mind but able to run 187 miles.

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Out the door a little before 4 a.m.  Ran six mile in the light drizzle before the storm and then went in to the treadmill.  Ran 6x7:30x5% and then backed off 5x8:00x3%.  Amazing what a three day rest does.  I felt very fast and strong.  The treadmill was much easier after that six mile warmup.    Friend at the clubhouse.  "Did you get in 11 miles?"  "Uh, actually 17, ran six in the rain before."  He just shakes his head.

There is one curious guy at the club house.  He come in almost every day and just does about a ten minute treadmill, runs fast for 30 seconds checking his heart rate and then walks, and repeats.  And he has to have the fan blasting on him (and me).  Not sure what he's accomplishing, wondered if he has a heart condition, but I don't think so.  I think he just trying to get his heart rate up for a few minutes each day and doesn't want to sweat doing it.  At least it is something I guess.

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Crazy hills on the treadmill.   First a 6x7:53x15% (holding on to front with some step-offs).  That was good and tough.  Backed off to 5% for awhile and then ended off with a long 8:30x15%.  The machine thinks I climbed more than 6,000 feet.  I think that was the first time I've clicked those numbers past the 6,000 foot mark.  Quads felt nice and tired afterwards.  Looks like the weather is improving, I look forward to getting back outside.

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Hit the pavement at 3 a.m. in the hazy moonlight, 28 degrees.  Didn't take a light.  Most of the icy spots are gone.  Ran the Jordon River Trail, streets in Lehi and Saratoga.   In a residential area, ran into a skunk.  It put its tail up at me, but I slowly went around and the tail went down.  Great Lehi wildlife.  Wildlife in Saratoga is a little classier. A few nights ago, the dog woke us up when we heard a strange sound out our window.  Finally I went down to see what it was.  A fox in in our back yard. 

After that went and ran 8 miles on the treadmill.  Usual crowd there.  I need to get some trail miles in before RR100.  Maybe I can dodge this next storm.

Pain in the jaw getting worse from the pulled tooth.  Hope it calms down soon.

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Great fun running a 50K before sunrise.  I was out the door at 2 a.m. and ran a big 21+-mile loop around much of Lehi.  http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/27301148

There was light snow falling, just a dusting on the roads.  I ran into another skunk on the Jordan River trail.  It ran ahead of me for about 100 yards and then finally went into the woods.   It was nice and peaceful out on the roads, very little traffic.  I was going to do more, but was running low on water.  About 4 a.m., the skies cleared a little and a hazy moon brightened things up.

Returning home, I was done with the cold weather. I went to run the rest on the treadmill.  A guy I haven't seen before came in and pounded out two miles with really bad running form.  When he got done, he saw I was on 5 miles and he said, "wow, that is really good."   I knew he wouldn't understand if I told him the whole story.

Got in another ten miles before the sun came up.  Did some hills, climbing 3,000 feet. Not bad getting in 78 miles with just four running days this week.  I might do a little more later on today.   I'm feeling ready for RR100.

p.m. 3 miles with the dog

p.m. 6 more TM miles during Jazz game.

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