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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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Great Salt Lake Half, Sylvia ran a 1:54, great race, last year she had major surgery, cut her time by 8 minutes. She really looked strong at the finish. I expect her to compete for the top 10 in her division at St. George, 1st in her div. today. I ran a 1:44, good effort on sore legs from stretching, massage and not running much for 2 weeks. 5 minutes slower than last year. But, managed the knee, not much pain. Interested, I trailed another person named Brent for about 7 miles, finally pulled up alongs side, ran with him for two miles, two young lady runners were fast coming up behind, I decided to hold them off, held them off for 2 miles, droped the other Brent by about a minute, could not hold on to their pace. Anyway, turns out the other Brent was second in my division behind me. You never know who will show up to the race. Jeanie Groves is always fun to talk to after the race. B of BS Rools out. Lastly, I am always impressed with all the great runners at races in Utah. We have a bunch of tough runners in Utah that show up and give it their all. Reading Sasha's blog, course 1.23 tenths too long. This may not sound like much. But, this translates into about 5 seconds a mile. Anyone who ever raced knows how hard it is to take 1 minute off your race time or cathc someone a few seconds ahead. Hum, Alhought, race directing is hard, I wish more directors could get the distance correct. I would say half the races either have the distace wrong or have mile markers off. As runners, we are expect these things, but, hopefully, not on runs other that fun runs, not half marathons, big races, etc. This is especially applicable when race entry fees are high. The Great Salt Lake seems to operate on a shoestring, they should get some leeway on criticism. Anyway, another day at the races, B of BS Rools out. Lastly, Syvlia was glad to hear that the time adjustment changed her predicted time at St. George to 3:47 that would have given her 10th last year in her division. I think she is motivated to train hard these last few weeks for St. George.

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