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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"

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JRP, north to 45th south and home - Early, 4:10 a.m. out the door, very nice morning for a run, love those early summer time runs, took a different approach to running this morning, practiced fast short steps for leg turnover.  I have a race walking friend (Colleen), now runner, who has the fastest leg turnover in the west.  The fast leg turnover works for her with knee problems.  I was surprised that my pace was about the same as my normal stride without as much impact.  The down side, it will take some time and practice to keep this turnover going for a marathon.  

Spin, bike or swim after work. Spin 20 miles

Stay kool, B of BS Rools out

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Comments
From Mike Warren on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 09:16:09 from 74.211.5.221

Brent, you just described to a tee what I went through abou 6 months ago. I have really worked on my form and shortened my stride (way less impact). Like you, I struggled at first. About a month to be exact. I was taking long srides and running on my toes, putting a lot of pressure and use on my calves. With the shorter stride and quicker turnover I began to use my quads more. It made me slower for the first couple of weeks, but paying back big time now. Funny, as long as you have been running still working on different things. I love it, keep it up. Your the never die, find a way no matter to improve guy! Well done!!

From Brent on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 09:53:01 from 168.178.30.219

Mike, your right on, I tend to run on my toe for the right foot, compensating for the knee, putting stress on the calf. Well, we will see how it goes. Good luck in getting ready for STG. Soon after STG, we will need to get you out on your bike, maybe do a loop around Gunlock and back to Veyo and back to Snow Canyon Blvd, make this a standard workout every time I come to STG. We may as well ride the course for the workout and practice. Hopefully, I will have a Tri bike by then, have $2,000 saved.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From RAD on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 15:44:16 from 67.172.229.125

Nice workout! I hope the turnover takes some pressure off the knee. I think we all could use a little better training on shorter strides and a quicker turnover!

Good luck on the post work work-out. A swim always sounds nice on a hot day.

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