| Location: MURRAY,UT,US Member Since: Jan 01, 2006 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other 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" Favorite Blogs: |
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Red Rock Relay 10:00:00 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 18.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.40 |
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Red Rock Relay - 12 team members - 186 miles or so - up all night, up all day
I am not sure I like long relays - we were the second van (so to speek) the first six runners did a leg, then our 6 runners did a leng, until each member had done three legs, Bryce ski resort to Spring Dale) mouth of zions
Before I go on, what the heck, a member on the team had almost never ran before, on our team, what the heck.
The last team member from the first van was 1 hour late at the first van exchange. The team had estimated we would avg. 10 minute miles. My first leg was up and down hills by Duck Creek, 4.8 miles, my step son had the next leg, 7 miles screeming downhill, he ran good, Sylive then had the next 6.8 leg screeming downhill, good leg, she is fast on the down hill. then Jan (beginner runner) took her forever to run her leg, she must have walked most of it, then Bonnie (Taylor's wife) ran hard down to SSU handoff. We were now 1 hr 40 min behind schedule, what the heck, Pizza dinner and then on the road to the next Van handoff, to get some sleep, forget the sleep, could not sleep.
By the time I got the handoff from the second (1st van) we were now 3 hours behind schedule, come to find out later, the beginner run had fell in dark and broke her finger, she was out of the race, we would need to pick up her leg. Finally, I got the hand off, the moon and the stars were shinning, great run in cool dark night, ran like the wind, my team mates could not believe how fast I was running my uphill leg, when its dark and you a little pissed, you can run faster. Taylor, Sylive and Bonnie all ran screaming legs trying to make up time, we were nuts, cannot make up three hours. Anyway it was a crazy night of running, we were only a few teams from being last. We got lost and Bonnie ran an extra half mile trying to find the next van exchange. Finally, we drove down to our house in STG and got 3 hours sleep before heading off to the next Van exchange. Felt like I got no sleep. Scott ran is first leg, slow as heck walking most of it, we were in some stress wondering if we would now make the 8 pm cutoff time. I was next and ran a 6.8 mile leg in the 100 degree day, had positive road kill of 4 runners, ran hard, Taylor took over the beginner's leg of 5 miles. We then decided to split the leg up the switch back hills to Zion, I ran the first mile, Taylor second mile, Sylive, Bonnie and I ran the last 2+ miles to the next exchange to Sylive. We were getting tired, but, Sylvie and Bonnie did the best they could, we finished with a couple of hours to spare.
One thing about relays, I would never run another relay unless I knew the runners were honest about their expected times and could handle the mileage. Last of all, very happy with our effort (me, Bonnie, Taylor and Sylvie) did the best we could, family always sticks together.
I love relays, if you know the runners and know they will try their best, I was real disappointed in the effort of Scott and Jan (why did the sign up?) Effort counts with me.
Stay Kool, B of bS Rools out - looking forward to Kokopelli next weekend.
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