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MURRAY,UT,US

Member Since:

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: South Davis Splash and Sprint Tri (3.35 Miles) 01:22:00, Place overall: 89, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.003.350.000.008.0011.35

Started the day - lost my truck keys - was this the tale of the day?  Sprint pool Tri -  3.35 mile run, 12 miles bike and 400 yrds swim.  

This may be a race report to skip reading - B of BS Rools not a real happy blogger today.  Not many positives to take from this race.

Pre-race stuff was fun - talked to Andy form the blog, very nice guy and nice daughter.  Chit chatted with several athletes in the staging area with different levels of anxiety, most about the swim, one about the run.  Sylvie ran the 3.35 run course before the Tri started, she said is was an average course with some uphill.  A Tri - more worry about getting ready, weather, cold from the swim, running barefoot on asphalt, etc. 

The swim - 400 yards seperntine up and down the lanes, lined up back with the 12 minute predicted time swimmers, the dicussion for 20 minutes waiting in line for our turn was about our obvious lack of swimming skills, being in the 12 min area.   The start was staggered, each swim, with chip, left between  8 and 10 seconds apart.   So, we watched and watched, waiting our turn.  My swim was dreadful, lanes were narrow, not enough room for the back stroke, strugged free and back, some breast, tough swim.  No doubt, with Gwen, Wannna Bees, like me, learn how to swim good or better than good if you want to swim open water.  My swim lessons start in two weeks.  I don't know my time on the swim, time results not posted.

The bike - staging area was crowded,  not the best transistion time, had to change shirts because of the chilly morning, got blocked by a swimmer who as out of gas.  Once on the course, passed about a dozen bikers, one passed me, passed him back, passed me back and passed him close to the end.   I am not sure how I ranked on the bike, most of the bikers I was chasing were back of the pack swimmers, not all the best bikers.  Also, I had tire rub on the front brake, slowed me down maybe a little.  It would have been nice to be in mid pack and chase better bikers. 

Bike to Run transistion, again a biker was blocking transition, about keeling over from the bike ride, was strattling the entrance lane with his bike, again, transistion time not the best.  I did have an excellent spot in transistion.  

The run was likely my best leg, ran the 3.35 miles just under 30 minutes on tired legs, passed a few runners and had 3 pass me.

Overall thoughts, improve swim big time in the next 3 months, do more bike to run transistion workouts.   The shirt was a tech shirt, not bad considering some of the crappy shirts.  Would I do this race again, hum, maybe?  This is kind of a bummer race report, positives come from running with more strength, not faster, stronger, wake up call for the swimming part.  Heck, I just want to be a crazy runner again logging 70 mile weeks.  Well, live in the now, running 10 with Sylvie in the morning, hope to spin a couple of hours, get a good start to the week.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

100 commando point so Sylvie for supporting me and putting up with my bummer kind of attitude today. 

Late night - 12 miles spinning, 150 ball crunch-overhead pull weights, bench press, curls, flys, etc.   Nice to have blogging buddies.

Results posted - 3rd in div.,  89th out of 251 - 187th on the swim, 46th on the bike and 89th on the run.  Do you think I need some swim time improvement.

 

 

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Comments
From Kim on Sat, May 08, 2010 at 21:24:08 from 67.199.180.90

Once again I am very impressed with B of BS Rools! Swimming is the thing that scares Tom and I away from tris! There is no way either of us would try an open water at this point! Maybe with some major coaching we would try a pool swim. You ROCK! I'm sorry it didn't all sit well with you, but you are a total inspiration to me!

Congrats on 4th in the age! Please award yourself some commando points! You deserve them!

And Sylvie is a great support! Tell her hi and good job on her support commando points!

From Tom on Sat, May 08, 2010 at 21:30:10 from 67.199.180.90

Ditto what Kim said Brent. I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. I know you're a long-time competitive type guy but wasn't this your 1st tri? Not too bad I think and most assuredly you will improve over the coming months and years as you work toward being IM-ready.

From Andy on Sat, May 08, 2010 at 21:34:13 from 198.60.114.178

Great job today, Brent. It was nice to see you. I think you did very well.

From Burt on Sat, May 08, 2010 at 21:54:02 from 98.177.220.145

You always do so good on your bike, but today you did good on that run, too. Transitions sounded tough. And the swim always gets me. I need to work on that.

How sweet that Tom and Kim were the first to comment on your race.

From Mike Warren on Sat, May 08, 2010 at 22:15:12 from 208.117.124.133

Brent, sorry things didn't turn out the way you hoped today. Today being the key word, tomorrow is coming soon. We will get over to the Sand Hollow aquatic center and work on the swimming. Great atttitude still choosing to report your results.

From Clay on Sun, May 09, 2010 at 00:38:53 from 166.205.11.134

Brent- you're strong willed, and you never say die and you never ever give up! You inspire me daily and I wish I had your drive, I'm going to work hard to get it;) Great job on the Sprint-tri, you will have better days and better races.

From RAD on Sun, May 09, 2010 at 00:57:01 from 67.172.229.125

Sometimes those bad starts to the day determine our attitudes for the rest of the day more than we think. Honestly, it looks like it was the others around you that caused most of the trouble, and the course. Narrow lanes, people blocking transitions, weather, start time stacking...YOU had a great race!! Don't discount yourself when it was the environment that caused the issues. That said, I understand how when you didn't 'feel' the race with everything going wrong, it ruins the day.

I hope tomorrow's run goes well and that eventually you can see some more of the good stuff. No where to go but up, right?

From KP on Sun, May 09, 2010 at 01:03:52 from 98.81.7.93

You did awesome for your first tri!! Your swimming will improve. The sprint-tri we have here is nuts too in the pool area. People elbowing each other and swimming over each other and underneath and it is crazy. A girl I kinda know through running described it as being in a blender unless you are the beginning of the first heat. You'll make big improvements this summer, I have no doubt! You have something to work on now.

From Teena Marie on Sun, May 09, 2010 at 11:24:14 from 174.52.45.85

No worries ... you did it, right???

Hope your spirits are much higher today! :)

From Brent on Sun, May 09, 2010 at 12:15:22 from 66.7.127.219

Kim, Tom - not my frist Tri - did a couple of pool Tris last year with better results, thanks for the encouragement.

Andy, thanks - good luck at Ogden, hope you crack 3 hrs.

Burt, thanks - Kim and Tom are sweet - on each other, great team

Mike - an Iron Man, the swim is a real big deal - I am now on a mission.

Clay - thanks - I don't think of myself as much of an inspiration, more of an Iron Head - never give up. I expect you will now be cranking em up, getting ready for the George.

Devine - I tell my grand kids not to whine, I was a whiner yesterday, just suck it up and do better next time, no excuses.

KP - your right on the pool thing, wild, crazy, getting kicked everywhere.

T NA NA - your right, did it done, move on to the next challenge. Good luck at Ogden

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From steve ash on Sun, May 09, 2010 at 21:59:01 from 174.52.96.106

Pretty cool Brent! I wish I could do tri, too afraid of the water LOL! Your allowed to have bad days once in awhile though. Especially since the attitude has always been positive in the past. I'll look for you on the trail the next time I'm out there one of these days as I haven't seen you in a while. Good luck!

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