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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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Mexican mountain goat workout (with Tony) warmup, 8:34 pace for all intervals, 1% gradte, 2%, 1%, 3%, 1%, 4%, 1%, 5%, 1%, 6%, 1%, 7%, 1% and 8%, 1/2 mile cool down at 9:45 pace,  12 minutes spinning -  We bumped the speed to 7.0 on the TM, made a big difference in the toughness of the workout.  Hills - speed work in disguise.

Later - 30 minutes spin bike, 10 second, hard as I could go interval, every minute, 29 intervals - good followup workout after the run.   23.3 mph avg pace,  11.65 miles.

Signed up for the St. George Sprint Tri at Sand Hallow, open water Tri, see if I can beat my last year time.  

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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Comments
From RAD on Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 14:51:47 from 67.172.229.125

excellent workout! I was contemplating doing a similar workout today, but took out the hills :) How long are your intervals in this workout?

From Brent on Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 15:08:56 from 168.178.30.219

Devine Miss M - hills are the bomb, little risk of injury, about 1/4 mile per repeat, 2 minutes for each repeat. You mentioned once, hills were not your favorite, you will be surprised if you do this workout every week or two, it will make a difference.

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From Holt on Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 15:57:48 from 204.113.55.41

We'll hope for calm winds for your tri.

From RAD on Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 15:59:48 from 67.172.229.125

I've heard the age old saying "hills are speed work in disguise" and it is about the only thing that keeps me pushing up them most days! I do have a love/hate relationship with them, which is why when I saw a similar workout to this is RW yesterday I thought it would be good, I'm just chicken more than anything. I need to just do it and get over my intimidation from hills!

From Brent on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 09:23:50 from 168.178.30.219

Coach, your right, the winds can be a killer.

Devine Miss M - one last comment about hills and the TM, the TM offers running uphill without running down. Although downhill is needed, be careful. I have seen several aritcles that talk about running 1/4 mile repeats up hills and walking back down. Also, trails offer a great opportunity to enjoy nature and build leg strengh. You are welcome to join us for a training run at antelope island, getting ready for the buffalo run.

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