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Utah Art Attack 5k

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MURRAY,UT,US

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2006

Gender:

Male

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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: Utah Art Attack 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:22:47, Place overall: 59, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.001.002.100.000.005.10

Sylvia, 2nd in her division, 105th overall, 25:40 - I mention her first, as she did the best today.  Her best 5k time in quite some time.  The couse measured 3.08 on my Garmin and 3.11 on Chad's garmin.  Close enough, not a certified course. 

The race started with us close to the front, I could not get my legs moving, Sylvia passed me and gapped me by about 30 yards, finally got going at about the 3/4 mile mark, caught Sylvia and passed her.  My first mile was 8:27.  The last two miles were at about a 6:55 pace.  I have been sick with a cough all week.   It was fun to pass about 50 runners after the first mile.  It was likely close to 85 at the finish of the race, hot morning.  I really like the course better than the last few years.  They ran us into the west side loop of Libert park and back out.  The race had kind of a fun run race feel to it with a free entry to the arts festival.  Happy with the effort, not the time. 

B of BS Rools out. 

 

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Comments
From Maria on Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 18:27:41

Good effort Brent! Mile 2 and 3 were right on, but not sure what happened in the first one. Did you have a good warmup and strides? I usually have the opposite problem, my first mile is 6:55 (or even faster) and then I kinda die on mile 3. Congrats to Sylvia - very good time!

From Lybi on Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 23:22:03

Great job! That was amazing how you actually sped up as you went. You must have been boxed in. Take off a minute for that, I say.

Sasha often says that there is something good about taking a while to really get going. It's good for marathons, somehow. I'm sure he can elaborate . . .

From brent on Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 23:40:32

Maria, Lybi, thanks for your comments and support.

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