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Bryce Canyon 5K

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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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Race: Bryce Canyon 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:26:17, Place in age division: 1
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Tough day at the races -  Place in division 1st, by default, I was the only one in my division.  So, no commando points or kudos. 

The start - you know that there are not many runners that are racers, when only a handful of runners are crowding the start.  Sizing up the competition, a guy who beat me at sugerhouse park a couple of weeks ago was in the race.  He was road kill at mile 1, worked like heck, finished ahead of him by 20 seconds, no mattter, he has moved up to an older division.  Darn, almost got to finsish ahead of someone.    The race is at 6200 ft. elevation, about 2,000 feet higher than Salt Lake, so, the race is likley some small improvement.

Going out to fast - a young girl, maybe 9 or 10 was standing next to me at the start, she told her dad she was going to win the race, she was serious.  Her dad said, it looks like there are some fast older boys.  She was not phased, she was convinced.  She went out like a shot chasing the 3 high school boys, she was done at mile one walking.  She gets 500 commando points for guts and determination.  No doubt, without or witout Gwen, she has talent, and with that attitude and training she will have success. 

Road kill - 2 runners passed me, passed 25. positive road kill 23, the second half of the course was uphill, caught them on the uphill.  The real runners were in the half marathon, including Sylvie. 

Post Race - ran back to the truck, hopped on my bike and road out on the course a couple of miles to cheer in the runners, it was great fun.  Seen a few bloggers, wearing fast running blog shirts, yelled and asked one runner his name, Scott Hughes, did well in the race.  It was a hot race, many runners were really struggling cresting over the curved hill.  It was fun yelling encouragement, many runners really appreciated the support.  Sylvie looked cooked at mile 11, so, just gave her soft words of support. 

It was a fun day, Harry, Colleen, Sylvie and myself, all got a piece of metal on a ribbon.  The $5 breakfast after the race was great. 

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

 

 

 

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Comments
From Mike Warren on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:13:00 from 207.50.149.221

Brent, sounds like a fun day. I was thinking you were running the half. Glad to hear you did the 5k, too many crazy drops for the knee. Maybe your 1st place is actually more impressive than you think. My take, everyone else in your division heard you were running, that explains why no one showed. Hey, very glad your still racing, cheering and enjoying life.

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