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MURRAY,UT,US

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Jan 01, 2006

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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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Sat, Sep 15, 2007

Race: Top of Utah Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:27:12, Place overall: 120, Place in age division: 4

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	26.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	26.20

I start by saying congradulations to all the fast, fast, and super fast blogger that ran the race, very impressed with the team work, unselfishness, etc. Awesome group of runners.

I don't know what to say when in the posting a blog as compared to the great runners on the blog.

The arrival in Logan did not go as planned, we got there in time to attend the pasta party, but, Sylvia had some issues we needed to attend to.

The race, great weather, started out at a 7:15 pace for the first 5 miles. At that point, just didn't feel like I had it in my legs to hold that pace to mile 16. Decided to save it for St. George. Ran a very smooth race to mile 18, then the work started. If you have not ran TOU, one of the toughest hang on courses I have ran. The last 8 are constant up or down, or so it feels. Very tough when your legs are tired.

My last three marathons, St.George, Salt Lake and Ogden have been hampered with injuries and sickness with a result in over 4 hour marathons. I was very happy today to finish under 8 minute miles, BQ, and 4th in my division (120th out of 1915 finishers). Received a moose trophy, cool, Sylvia (4:01) also took 4th in her division and got a moose trophy. Sylvia was also concerned about St.George and did not give it everything. It was fun, we had our pictures taken together and had a grand old time watching all the fast bloggers get big moose trophies.

One kind of funny story, when I was about 50 yards from the finish I raised both arms in the air with excitement in breaking 8 minutes miles all the way to the finish. (This is now a tradition for me and Lybi when we run races) When I crossed the line, a young lady volunteer said she thought I was going to do cartwheels.

I have not looked up the predictor for St. George, but, I am confident that I can give 3:15 a shot.

thanks to the well wishers on the blog, Sarah, Lybi, James, Clay, Maria, Kerry, James, Michael and others. It really helps to have the support.

One last kind of weird note - I ran my first marathon in 1982 in the exact same time, to the second. Not bad, for an old time runner.

Stay cool, B of BS Rools out.

Garmin stats: 2272 feet of ascent, 3290 feet of decent - interesting, only a little over 1,000 feet of decent. It tells me the course was a little tougher than I expected if this is right. Also, the Garmin had me running 26.41 miles. Darn, where did I run the extra distance? It really says how important running the tangents can be.

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Comments

From James in Sunny AZ on Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 22:07:17

Congrats, Brent on a good race. I will probably be needing your help at SGM to keep on running those 7:15's. BTW, 7:15 pace would get you in under 3:10. If you are shooting for 3:15, you would want to run about 7:26/mile. Regardless, we will figure it out, and I am looking forward to running with you at SGM.

From Cody on Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 22:16:31

Too bad you weren't able to join us for the dinner. We missed having you there. Congrats on a moose trophy. You will do great at St George.

From sarah on Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 23:35:22

Wow!!! great time. I love the arms in the air thing...I'll have to think up my own little race dance thing. Sasha always looks awful at the end of the race and we tease him about it. One time though..it almost gives me goosebumps to talk about it...he seriously looked like if he was a lion he would have been roaring..he had so much power and grace it was fantastic. Anyway...yay for a great race.

From Kerry on Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 00:09:14

Terrific race, Brent! Way to hang in there at the end. I've heard those last miles are tough. Congratulations to you and Sylvia on your 4th place finishes! That's very cool on the matching trophies. You should have a great St. George.

From Paul Petersen on Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 00:15:35

Great race! Sorry we missed you this weekend, but hopefully we'll all meet at St. George.

From Lybi on Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 11:39:10

Wow, Brent, what a cool race! A moose trophy...I want one! So you missed the pre-race party? Hey, absolutely none of that in St. George, OK? You have to be there or else we'll have to reschedule it. I hope somebody got a picture of you at the finish line. In honor of you, I'm going to try to finish a race with a cartwheel...hope I don't kick anyone. Amazing that you had the same time as 25 years ago! WOW!

From Andy on Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 18:15:44

Sounds like you had a great experience. TOU is a pretty hard course to run the tangents correctly and it seems that everybody runs a little extra because of it. Congrats on the hardware and matching your time from 25 years ago.

From ashman on Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 19:52:50

Good work Brent,and a Boston qualifier also! As far as those tangents go I am convinced that it is not the Garmin it is the course being measured overtight on the tangents. They have to do this to keep it official for USATF guidelines. But I could be wrong. Bill Cobler would be the one to ask on this one.

From ashman on Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 19:53:04

From Michael on Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 20:39:46

Way to go Brent! Congrats to you and Slyvia. Youre not so old afterall, tieing what you did 25 years ago now thats quite an accomplishment. Hope you recover well.

PS You better take a gymnastics class before you attempt those cartwheels

From Lybi on Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 13:23:35

Brent, thanks for the comments. But remember that running a BQ is a LIFETIME goal for me. I'm not sure I'm out of the baby years just yet, so training is prone to breaks and 9 month slow-down sessions and so forth.

BTW I did a cartwheel today and nearly landed on my head. Hope you're happy! JK :)

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 20:26:29

Very good. The training is starting to show results. I think 3:15 for you in St. George is within shooting range. My Garmin was drifting from the very start, and was essentially useless. It showed the distance to be around 26.6. I ran the tangents perfectly. Garmin is a toy - sometimes it works, sometimes it does not, take what it says with a grain of salt.

From O-town runner on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 13:08:59

Good job Brent. I'm also hoping for 3:15 at St. George if all goes well.

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