| 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" Favorite Blogs: |
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3 a.m. knock on the door, off to Sand Hallow, dark, dark - we went to the volunteer meeting on friday night, the Kayacks to watch the swimmers were a couple short. So, I volunteered. The team lead asked me about my experience, I was a boy scout and in the Navy, well, good enough. In the darkness as Sand Hallow we got our instructions and headed off in the dark accross two miles of water to our station. It took me about a mile to get the hang of paddling. Now, I thought, this would be easy, watch the swimmers, help if needed. Little did I know what was to come. Myself and two others on my team paddled over to watch the 2300 swimmers start the race, the 65 elite started first, what a crazy sight, to watch the washing machine take off, wow. It took about 35 minutes for the pros to hit my area, the lead guy had a 50 yrd lead, with the chase pack in two by twos swimming like they were marching to the cadence of a drum, cool sight to watch. Next came a few more pros, hey, this would be easy. Next, here come the best of the age division swimmers, the first pack of about 15 went past my area, no problem, then it hit, a swimmer had a leg cramp and was calling for help, scary, he was going up and down under the water, cut in front of a couple of swimmers and got him to grab the side of the kyack. I whistled for help from a boat, got the boat along side, the boat people wanted to pull him from the water, he said, no freaking way, I am a swimmer, he held on about 5 minutes, the cramp finally went away and he swam the last 500 yrds, so goes, almost drowning to finishing an Iron Man. The rest of the shift included several swimmers hanging on for a couple minute to rest, and following swimmers who looked like they are getting tired or struggling. Me and another kayack sheapered in the last swimmer, he just missed the cutoff, he was so upset.
Well, what was I thinking, I thought we would just drop off the Kayaks and be on our way, well, be had to paddle back across against a current and south wind, my arms are still sore. Also, wore a wet suit, but still got darn wet and cold, tough job. I thought we would get a T=shirt, food, or something for our efforts, nothing, just a thanks, well, that was all that was needed knowing how important our job was. I was real stressful knowing you actions could save someone, really put on on the ball. First voluteer shift complete.
Second shift - 4 pm. to 11 pm, red cliffs drive, run aid station, now this was more fun, giving out stuff helping, cheer leading, etc. I met John from the blog, now Iron man John, had dinner with Paula the night before,now Iron woman Paula, it was a long fun hard day. It really gave me a perspective on the toughness needed to stick it out to the end. We also watched the bike portion for a couple of hours. Sylvie did a great job, had fun.
I not sure if I would do two shifts again, long, long day. Hey, got a T-shirt at the second shift and many thanks from the runners. The run course was two 13.1 mile loops, so we seen each runner twice, many of them I remember their name from the first loop, Sylvie says how do you remember the names, anyway it was fun yelling out by name.
Last thoughts, will not try and Iron Man until my swim improvies big time, the bike and run I am ready, two year training plan starts on monday.
Be Kool, B of BS Rools out
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