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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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Altra Olympus Orange Miles: 56.00Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 32.00
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Got up at midnight and by 12:30 a.m. was running on a trail around a hill about a half mile above my home.  The trail around the hill is almost exactly 1 mile.  I first ran by moonlight but as the shadow covered the moon fully used my light.  On the section where the trailed headed in the direction of the moon, it was smooth enough that I could just look up into the sky and observe the changes with each lap. 

I knew plenty of people would come out of their houses to get a look so I was a little concerned about them seeing my light on the hill and calling the cops about an eclipse alien, so I tried to keep it pointed down.   I was never bothered.

It was a cool experience!  I ran 13 miles.

As the moon started to appear again, I called it a night and went back home.  I still got about six hours of sleep last night.

Altra Olympus Orange Miles: 13.00
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Treadmill.   Feeling the different of increased training.  Starting to get into shape again.

Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 11.00
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Run on the shoreline of Utah Lake.  Pretty funny that I found a new area to run less than three miles from my home in a big undeveloped area on Utah Lake that has some old wagon roads.  It will likely be overgrown later on, but right now a good area to run.

Altra Olympus Orange Miles: 8.00
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Treadmill and JRP

p.m.  Speed work.  Went and claimed four Strava course records near my home, fairly easy.  One, I had to push faster than 6:30 pace.  That one was owned by elite marathon runners who passed through the town a couple years ago.  I should be able to claim dozens nearby.  Local runners will get mad at the old man claiming all their records.

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Early morning run.  Ran all the way around West Mountain, the mountain on the south end of Utah Lake.  It is mostly flat.  Ran the first half in moonlight.  All rural, very nice. 4 hours.

p.m. Hills and tempo runs, claiming ten Strava course records during a 10-mile run.  Got every one I attempted.  Not terribly fair because in this section of town, I'm probably the only one that can push the pace on hills.   But still, that's about 12,000 people.

Back to back 100-mile weeks.  Thats nice.  Ready for Salt Flats next week.

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Altra Olympus Orange Miles: 56.00Mizuno Wave Elixer 6 - Yellow Miles: 32.00
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