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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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I see I beat out flatlander on the mileage board last week.  Ha, ha. 

I still feel pretty beat up.  What I did feels like a tough mountain 100-mile race.  I'm guessing that I climbed about 16,000 feet along the way or more.  The GPSs get confused down there at time.  My Garmin thinks I climbed over 9,000 for the first half (then batteries died)   I know that isn't right.  My Magellin thinks it was 6,000 feet.  That makes more sense.

My feet are a mess.  I think the Hokas reached end of life.  All the taping I did, couldn't stop the hot spots.   The rugged trail was just too much.  But the bottoms of my feet aren't sore.  I did have a thorn go all the way up through the sole, the insole, and into my foot.  Ouch!  I would really like to see a minimalist try that trail!

I really still think I could do it much faster.  It is just so tough to keep the pace up.

Pictures are posted on facebook with detailed captions.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150546741175694.646922.754525693

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150547336240694.647121.754525693

Next step will be to work on the writeup.  Lots to tell.

 

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It is fun to be lazy.  I think I'll quit all this stupid running stuff and just be lazy and eat anything I feel like.  That's what I'm been doing. It is fun.   I lost 2-3 pounds on the run, so I'm gaining it back.  Maybe I'll gain 20.

I've published my VERY long Grand Canyon run report at: http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=691

My energy level has bounced back and my blisters have healed nicely so I don't have to walk funny anymore.   My problem knee is sore...always is after a pounding in the Grand Canyon.  I'm probably doubtful for BSTM this Saturday.  But I may come and run it slowly with my son or help at the aid stations.

I am likely to run the Salt Flats 100 a week from Saturday.  Vince has made some good course changes to make it into a more interesting and doable run.  We'll see how I recover.  He will be out measuring the course this Saturday.

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I'm on the injured reserve list.  Running 100s are funny.  For the few days afterwards, a little swelling protects the joints from pain, but once that goes down, you can detect the problems left behind.  My bad knee is the problem.  The slanted trail to the left tooks its toll.  My knee does much better slanting the other way.  So, I have a sore achey knee that even woke me up last night.  The knee problem didn't develop due to ultrarunning, can't blame it on that. It was before running and ultrarunning when I was overweight (over 200 lbs) and tore the meniscus.  The inside/back of the knee joint is low in cartiledge due to the knee scope to fix things up in 2003.  So, a really tough run can leave that area sore, probably bruised cartiledge or bone.  I just hope each time that it will calm down and get better.  It always has.  In 2003 the doctor told me to give up running (I had not yet really started.)  Well, I've run nearly 20,000 miles since then, being careful and learning how to manage it.   Anyway, I'm hopeful, but always know my last run, may really be by last.  So I enjoy it like it is the last and try to pack in more before I get too old or the knee breaks for good.

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The knee is improving.  I'll miss BSTM tomorrow, have fun to all those who go.  Instead I'm going camping with the boy scouts.

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Went with the boy scouts (son included) out to the Pony Express trail.  They are getting in shape for a 50 miler.  We dumped them all out with packs six miles from Simpson Springs.  I drove to SS, got on my running gear and ran back to them.  Then as they hiked, I went off road running up and down the hillsides.  Soon some of the boys followed my lead and enjoyed going off road too.  Legs felt great and I didn't notice much if any knee pain.   Told the boys pleny of stories about the history of the area we were in.

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The boys did a few more miles, this time without packs and just hiked in the foothills.  I told the leaders that I would run along and keep track of them.  The leaders drove along the road and waited for us.

I felt like a sheep dog, running along trying to herd they boys.  Some went fast ahead and a couple tried climbing too high.  One boy in back wouldn't listen to me and wanted to free-climb any rock cliffs he could find and fell way behind.   Finally after chewing him out twice he started to listen.   I finally herded them all off the mountain (Indian Peak) in safe condition.  They all had a good time.   I had a good short run going up and down the drainages.

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