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MURRAY,UT,US

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Jan 01, 2006

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Running Accomplishments:

Stay in the game, keep in the moment - have conquered a few of the holy grails of running - sub 3hr marathon, ran Boston and qualified for Boston at Boston, 10K PR under 6 min miles, won a couple of 5Ks in my early days of running, running for 30 years and ran 39 marathons.  The transistion to the back of the pack has not been easy, but, acceptance, stay in the game, root for others, enjoy the rest of the journey.  Another off the bucket list second =  Provo Half IM -  have done 6 open water Tris and 6 pool Tris.  Gave the STG IM a good Tri, hope to take another shot at the IM.

Short-Term Running Goals:

 2013 Race Plan - STG Half IronMan, Lake Mead Rage Olympic distance, STG spring relay tri, STG half marathon, STG marathon, Cozumel IM, Utah Summer Games Triathlon at Gunlock, Murray 5k with family and Utah Half Distance Triathlon, 187 mile red rock relay,  STG marathon,

*note of clarification - cross training miles from biking and swimming calculated as follows: (as someone may wonder) 20 mile an hour bike = 5 cross training miles (those not familar with a 20 mph pace, good bike effort for long distance,  swimming, convert 1 hour swimming to 5 cross training miles.  For those that do not swim much, great cardio workout.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy the Swim, Bike Run thru Life - Hope to Run a Few Races Support Sylvie - Be a good coach   - Support Jenna, Jeremy, Taylor and Bonnie - my kids are now into running, who would of thunk it.  long term goals, recover from the ankle sprain, accept was it, have fun racing, mountain biking, faster swimming.

 

B of BS Rools Recent Reading List - In order of recommended reads.

Once a Runner (John L. Parker, Jr.)  Best fictional running book ever, a must read

Again to Carthage (John L. Parker, Jr.)  The Sequel to Once a Runner, not often a sequel compares, this one does 

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running ( Haruki Murakami)  things we have may all thought, but may never blog

Roughing It - Mark Twain 

 

Personal:

BSRools, the B stands for Brent and the S for Sylvie.  The Rools come from my personal running rools over the years: Never complain once the run starts, allways pick up the pace into the wind and always pick up the pace on a hill. If someone whines, pick up the pace.  Once a goal is set, no whining, regardless of setbacks.  We were running when running was not Kool.   Kool comes from a race story, ran my first race, 5K wearing a "beanie that had "Kool Aid Kid"

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Race: Pine Valley 15 Miler (15 Miles) 02:53:00, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Well, maybe I read too much, we decided to carbo load to the max last night and this moring, trying to get in 2400 calories, heard Japanese Olympic team members eat 2400 calories before a marathon and read in the Triathlon bible the same thing before an IronMan.  Well, we went village Inn last night a pigged out pancakes, crepes, bacon, etc to load up. We at ham and eggs, banana, brownie.  It is darn hard to load up on food in the morning.  I not sure if any of it helped, just mor pit stops before the race.

We ran this race last year, tough 15 miler at 8,000 feet elevationi, first three miles rolls up hill, then the next 4.5 miles winds down dirt roads, drops down several hundred feet, feels like the hell hole 5K times 5.  No starter gun, just a small race, about 50 running the 5K and 50 running the 15 miler.  The starter - ready set go - Sylive was off like a shot, did not see her until the turnaround point.  I settle into a 10 minute mile pace, sounds slow, but given the degree of difficulty running on a forest dirt road, not good footing, rocks, slants, etc. nice even pace.  I ran in my clown shoes, really helped with the footing. 

The first three miles were somewhat uneventful, except the 5kers coming back at us, kinda chaos as everyone was looking for footing on the dirt road, no crashes.   At mile 3 the course starts its decent of 4.5 miles of downhill with a few switch backs climbing back up,  This part as tough on my knee, slowed down a bit.  (found out later than Sylive got a nice blister on the bottom of her feet going downhill)  Getting blister is easy on this course with the poor footing and steep downhill in some sectins.   I passed a few runners, maybe 2 or 3 on the downhill.  I had a couple kept passing me on the downhill, I would pass them on the uphill.   The guy, as we reached the last little uphill before the last steep downhill said, don't worry as he passed me, you will get me back on the uphill.  One note, some teenage kids did a great job at the aid stations, already had the gu open, great job. 

The turnaround, points Sylive was coming back up, about .5 miles ahead of me as I headed down, she did not want to talk, she was in a zone.   I hit the turnaround the same time as the couple, they were going to run past the turnaround for some reason, I said, hey stop, this is the turnarouind, got them going the right way, good sportsmanship, I could have let them keep running, the guy was in my division.  No matter, never seen them again, they faded as we started back up hill.  I had one girl pass me on the uphill, I was surprised she did not run the downhill faster.   I caught a glimpse of Sylive on the first swittchback going up, she yelled, I yelled back, seen her the next few swithchbacks, getting closer and closer, I finally caught her the last .25 miles before topping out over the last big uphill.  She had a big blister and was walking, walked with her the last 100 yrds to the aid station, said I was going to run it in, she stopped to tend the blister, and most walked in the last three miles.  I won't call it beating her or rubbing it in, she may have beat me without the blister. 

The las three miles were tough, the first year in the last 14 years I have not been in marathon shape this time of year.  Did a run walk the last 1.5 miles, walk 10 steps, run 100, on and on.  The support kids were great yelling how good I was doing, sprinted in the last 50 yards, gotta put on the show in case of a photo op.  Sylvie finished about ten minutes behind.  We both won our division.  As we get older, not many older people show up for the real tough races.  One other guy in my division, the guy who passed me on thew dowhill and his wife was in Sylive's div.  We took our medals, Sylive got us a couple of free shirts, we were done. 

Takes from the day, need to get in much better running shape for the Iron Man, expect I will be ok for the half Iron as the course is flat and on asphalt.  This is the longest run me and Sylive have done since last year's STG marathon.  It was tough, felt weird, watching all the runners doing a long run as we drove to Pine Valley.  As much trouble I have had with the knee, could have done about a 5 hr marathon today.  I am going to sign up with my daughter and her husband to do Stg next year. 

I know, this is a long race report, just something about a longer run that makes you feel good, still have the guts to carry on when dead dog tired.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

 

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Comments
From RAD on Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 17:45:43 from 76.27.16.189

What made me smile? "I am going to sign up with my daughter and her husband to do Stg next year." - Guess it's a good thing you kept that foot in the door :)

Wow, what a difficult race! It sounds a little less than torturous. BUT, right up your alley with the hard uphill. You ARE the Mtn Goat after all! Nice to see some good strong miles out of both you and Sylvie. Sorry about that blister...yuck!

Excellent work all around and I LOVE the report. Maybe some day I'll be brave enough to try this one.

From Holt on Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 20:09:47 from 97.126.204.25

I wasn't too sad I missed this race this year, until you described it - and then in a weird way I wanted to be there doing it (the mt., the dirt, the hills - all good times!).

Give yourself some points for this one!

From The Quiet Pirate on Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 23:08:19 from 65.191.246.68

You've got the guts all right, Mexican Mountain Goat Man!! Congrats & KA BOOM cannons coming out from all sides of the ship in celebration of a great run, great time, and a first place ag medal. (KA BOOMS for Sylvie too!!)

Race sounds tough, but finishing those tough ones really does make you feel invincible, doesn't it?

From Tom on Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 11:02:08 from 67.199.180.90

Great race and report Brent. Read the whole thing and enjoyed every bit. Congrats to both you and Sylvie on the great efforts. I agree with Holt you need to give yourself some points.

From Teena Marie on Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 12:36:36 from 67.2.120.31

Very impressive!!!

I have no idea how you downed those calories the night before!

So ... I have never heard of any of the volunteers having the gu opened and ready. Makes total sense!!

Congrats to both you and Sylvie!! :)

From Brent on Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 19:36:17 from 66.7.127.67

Devine, thanks - if this race is still around, I think it is a must, gives you a different perspective on tough. Run all the endless miles you want downhill on the STG course, won't make you tough on the uphill, seen many runners sat. morning, running down the course.

Coach Holt - I am with you a the weird feeling when not doing this race, I almost passed it up. But, glad we done it, forces you to dig a little deeper, good for the running sole. I hope the race is still around next year. It seems they should do more promo, maybe hype the hills getting ready for Veyo. Also, high altitude training (given STG) I am reluctant to give myself commando poiints, but, an exception will be given, I will need those points for the half IM in a couple of weeks. Thanks, (I did expect you, Clyde or Hooper to come busting up the hill at any time)

QP - yes, finishing a tough race does help mentally and physically, maybe still have a few marathons left in me. thanks for the Kabooms

Tom, thanks, read all my spelling errors hey, need to edit. Yes, will take a few points, hope to cash them, in a few weeks.

T NA NA - Thanks - I never thought it would be hard to pig out, it is hard, ounk, ounk. The kids were great volunteers, I think they were from a running team, maybe high school? they were real supportive yelling.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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