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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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Run with Sylvia today.  I tried to talk her into a more of a tempo run as Sasha suggested.  She did run the first 8 miles at her marathon pace, 8:30.  But, Sylvia really wanted to run 20 miles as she has not run anything over 17 this year.  Story of the long run:

1. We ate at Fazolie's last night, cheap, right on with the carbs

2.  Ate oatmeal, banana, Poweraide before the run and gus during the run with PowerAid.  The combination seemed to work very well.  This was the easiest 22 miler I have run for a couple of years. 

Lastly, Sasha, the Tinman and reading blogs has changed how we have trained this year.  Maybe we are just not disciplined enough to do tempo runs.  Syliva has ran 6 half marathons and I have ran 4 this year.  We have substituted our long runs this summer with half marathons.  We both feel in better shape because of the change.  Long slow runs make runners run long and slow.  Also, hope to keep up the tuesday Black Sheep workouts.

We met Steve Ashman on the Jordan Parkway trail today, very nice person.  It was good to meet Steve.  We talked about running, of course.  TOU and St. George. 

B of BS Rools out

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Comments
From Michael on Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:45:26

Way to go , a 22 mile easy run - that might be easy for me if there was a decimal between the two 2s. Hope it helps for your goals

From laura on Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 18:00:11

Brent, I don't know if I'll ever be able to say a 22 mile easy run, but it's cool to read your blog and realize that it can be done! That's so awesome. I'm slowly beginning my own training and every time I see a hill, I think of your Rools and push harder. It's funny. I never thought a website could be so helpful for motivation and learning how to train effectively, but I'm getting a lot of this blog. That's cool that even your training has been improved by Sasha's recommendations. Keep up the great work - you're inspiring the rest of us!

From ashman on Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 20:02:46

Nice to meet you and Sylvia, I hope to see you again, Steve.

From Chad on Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 23:00:47

Brent--the Black Sheep workout is at 5:45 am at East High. Hope to see you then.

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