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MURRAY,UT,US

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2006

Gender:

Male

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Thu, May 08, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00	6.00

Lazy River, 90 minutes, nice morning, discussion centered on uneventful things. Sylvie would like to have a run/barbeque at our house this summer for our running friends, this includes bloggers and non-bloggers. Our running friends, new and old, have been great over the years. I would expect maybe a 5 or 6 mile run. We are thinking about what weekend or night and when.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

Running Shorts: Falling runners: Run enough races, we will see runners go down. Just a few scary falls.

Provo River Half Marathon (1995) - In the early days of this race, part of the trail was not paved and the trail could only fit maybe two runners abreast. This combination was not good. Myself and about 4 other runners were following two runners abreast, one a guy and one a lady, no way to get past them. One of the 4 runners trailing was more than impatient. The moment we hit the asphalt he made a cutting move and clipped the legs of the woman runner. She was down hard on her knee. Instantly she was crying, bleeding and all 6 of us stopped, even the guy that clipped her. Well, she did not finish the race. Morale to the story, be patient, no race is worth taking someone down unless it has prize money or some other big prize.

Huntsville Half (1995): The race started by circling the park and then heading east to Eden for an out and back course. Turning 300 runners loose on gravily road base was not good. We were towards the lead pack, made the second turn around the park, going fast, a young male runner slips right at the 90 degree gravel turn, pile up of 6 other runners going down. Luckly, they were just skinned up a little and all got up and kept going. It looked like a Nascar pileup.

St. George Marathon (2002) Me and Sylvie had been injured, so we ran together up Veyo to about mile 11. A guy runner pulls up next to us and pulls, what looks like a lipstick case out of a pocket. Then drops the lipstick in front of him, in an instant he steps on the lipstick and goes down backwards like he was on a banana peel. We stopped for a split second and we keep moving as other runners had stopped. I do not know if he got up and kept going. We wondered after if it was an inhaler. Anyway, pretty darn scary.

Best Falling Runner: This was Sylvie, I have sworn that I cannot tell the story, darn. It was not in a race, but she got major, major commando points for toughness.

Stay Kool, and on your feet, B of BS Rools out

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Comments

From josse on Thu, May 08, 2008 at 23:34:44

Good stories, I am the queen of falling. I remember when the Provo trail was dirt. Me and my sister would ride our bikes almost every day in the summer up to Bridal Vail falls, it was fun.

From Christi on Fri, May 09, 2008 at 00:37:43

Have you been keeping a journal all these years? Your details are so vivid. Love the stories, keep 'em coming! (how much prize money are we talking to make it Ok to take someone down?.. hee hee...j/k)

From Brent on Fri, May 09, 2008 at 10:02:52

Christi, is any amount of prize money worth taking someone down? Likely not, I have a few stories about finish lines. I may do a running short on finish lines. Funny thing, I am sure every runner has great stories if they really thought about the things that happen. Some of the best stories are never told, they just relate to the beauty of nature and the serenity of the run. Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

Josse, good heck, I sure feel old if you were a kid when the trail was dirt. Funny thing, I kind of liked the trail better when it was dirt, less traffic. Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out (good luck at Ogden, may see you there).

From Christi on Fri, May 09, 2008 at 12:57:41

No, definately NOT cool to take people down no matter what the prize. Looking forward to the finish line stories!

From Clay on Fri, May 09, 2008 at 13:17:02

Great stories Brent. They made my day. It also reminds me that we all can learn a little patience, and that is something that I don't have a lot of:-(

Keep up the good cross-training and I hope you recover soon, I know your pain!

From jona on Fri, May 09, 2008 at 15:55:30

Good stories. I was just thinking about one of my own tumbles while out running last night. I was taken down by something a car left on the side of the road. (For those in Orem 800 N), all my weight on one knee, bloody, had to be few people driving by that had that OUCH look on their face. I wasn't happy about it, but I laughed at myself when I thought about it.

Good stories.

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