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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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Tough day - 34 miles, spinning class, intervals and hill climb, good class.   8.08 miles on the parkway.  Very nice day, ran mostly along side the trail, in the dirt covered by a nice blanket of leaves, seen a few lookie lous bikers, dog walkers, 4 runners and a group of serious women race walking (have seen them several times).   All runners said hi today, it must be the great day that brings out smiles and miles. 

One comment, always tough to hard spin and then run, just what I need for Tri practice and to simulate long runs without doing long runs, yesterday was a hard hour of biking, avg HR 152, followed by today.    There are days I ask myself, why am I doing this? Thank goodness this thought is fleeting and I am on to the next challenge. 

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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Comments
From Cal on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 11:33:04 from 66.133.117.3

Sounds like a banner day Brent. Good job.

From Nevels on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 11:53:04 from 131.204.15.93

if you can ever find a way to effectively verbalize why we do this, let me know, because I haven't got a clue as to how to say it...

good job toughing it out....

From Britta on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 16:15:04 from 98.148.73.26

What are you training for?

From Britta on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 16:16:22 from 98.148.73.26

BTW I love the Secret Life of Bees. I will have to read your other recommended.

From Brent on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 19:23:25 from 66.7.127.219

Britta, I am always training, my next race is a duathlon (run bike run) in Feb. in St. George. My goal is to not lose much in the winter time, too hard to get it back. I would highly recommend the first three books on the reading list.

Stay Kool, Train Hard, B of BS Rools out

From Britta on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 19:28:14 from 98.148.73.26

What are the distances for your Duathalon?

From Teena on Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 15:11:45 from 67.177.20.13

What a fabulous workout!!! WOW!!!

Glad those thoughts of "Why am I doing this" are fleeting!!! :)

From Christi on Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 21:04:34 from 65.40.104.193

your an animal- great workout :) !! sounds like you're having beautiful weather there!

From Brent on Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 13:31:51 from 168.178.30.194

Britta, the run is a 5k, 12 mile bike and another 5k. Should be fun.

Teena, Christi - thanks, going to read all the race reports later this afternoon and give commando points where due.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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