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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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Recovery going amazing!  Feels like I can run again tomorrow.  I think I'm proving out my theory that if you do very, very long weekend runs consitently instead of running nearly every day, that 100s are easier on you and you recover faster.  However, the trade-off is probably speed.

The New Balance Leadville 1200's performed very, very well.  No foot fatigue, just like Hokas. I could run over rocks with no problem. But, no Hoka blisters!  I didn't even tape any toes.  My feet came out in great shape, just a few rubbing marks from the sand in the socks, and one toe had problems, I think because of a seam inside that I can cut down.   I'm sold on these shoes for mountain 100s. The lugs have to wear at all.

Bighorn 100 in 11 days.  I'm excited to return for my 7th finish.   I also read a book recently on Custer, so I hope to visit the Little Bighorn site again.

One of these 100s this summer will come together well.  The odds are in my favor.  In the meantime, I'll just pile up finishes.

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Race: Solo Squaw Peak 50 (50 Miles) 14:30:00
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I was lazy this week, just didn't feel like running so I decided to do something crazy.  I went and ran the Squaw Peak 50 course unsupported because I missed it last week since it was on the same weekend as Bryce 100 this year.

I started at Vivian Park, the normal start of the race at about 6:30 p.m.  I was bothered by some bloating issues which slowed me down and almost made me turn back, but I got through it.   Since I was hauling all my food and extra water, the initial big climb was about 15 minutes slower than if I was racing it.  I ran into a moose about mile 3 and the silly beast just kept running ahead of me on the trail for a half mile.  It finally went downhill.   Above Rock Canyon, a guy on a motorcycle came up to me and told me just down the road was recent Bear sign and they had just set a Bear trap.  He seemed concerned about me. 

 Dark came around mile 10 above Rock Canyon.  A car was coming down and it saw me green light and waited as I came up.  "Are you OK? asked the guy."   "Yep, I'm doing fine."   He just couldn't understand why I was heading up in this remote area in the dark.  I just ran on.

It really was a different perspective running the course in the dark.  Most of the course flagging was still up which helped me a bunch, but you have to wonder why they don't take it down.  There were section where it was down and I just had to trust my memory of all the turns.  I've run the course 6-7 times.   I never took a wrong turn.  I did backtrack once, thinking I was going the wrong way through the bushwack section above Rock Canyon, but I was indeed doing it right.

I hit the Hobble Creek road about midnight and I'm sure the couple cars that went by thought I was nuts.  I really took the road run easy and reached the top of the road about 60-90 minutes slower than normal, but I was having a good time.

I got my water from the streams and for some of them treated in with iodine.  Hopefully I won't get any nasties. At mile 30 I stopped to eat a buritto and other stuff.  After that I had amazing strength and speed.   I ran fast into Little Valley and felt better than I ever have running into that section.  I ran most of the trail up to Bald Knoll, feeling great.

Dawn arrived as I finished going around Bald Knoll, making my approach to Bozung Hill.  I had traveled about 28 miles during the very short night.  The climb up the steep hill wasn't a big deal.  I didn't feel the altitude at all.  I looked to the east and thought about the Utah Valley Marathon starting just over the mountain in Wallsburg.

The morning at the top was spectacular as the sun started to peak over the mountains.  It was so cool to be up there.   I ran down to Windy Pass.  The trail for the entire course was in better shape than I have ever seen.  The major factor is that last week 200+ runners pounded it down for me.  It was nice and smooth in many sections.  I normally didn't see footprints left from last week, but the wear on the trail was very evident, and easy indicator that I was on the right route.

It started to get warm as I made the huge descent into South Fork.  But the sun was still low so there was plenty of cool shade spots.  I never saw a single person on the trail and I had to do all the spider web breaking for the day and night.

I finally hit the South Fork Road and enjoyed the morning run down the road.  It is so much more pleasant finishing in the morning instead of the hot afternoon.   I finished in about 14:30 to zero fan fair....quite satisfied.  It was a great experience, glad I did it.   When I reached home my wife commented that I didn't look tired.  I really wasn't.  Funny how a 50-mile run is no big deal now.


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