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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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Spin 24 miles and swim lesson - there may be some hope for my swimming. 

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Comments
From DonGardinero on Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 14:09:14 from 75.162.174.75

Very cool. I really need to take swim lessons if I'm going to do Ironman in 2012. Are you learning to swim or taking lessons to improve your swimming? I can't swim at all and I'm terrified of deep water. I have some huge obstacles to overcome.

From Brent on Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 19:43:42 from 76.8.201.223

Don, fortunately, I have always been able to swim back stroke. The problem, backstroke is not fast enough to make the cutoff time at the IronMan. I would recommend you take a lesson or two. If you belong to a gym, then join the Masters group for swimming, they usually swim twice a week. Swimming seems to be greatly technique. No way around it, if you are serious about 2012, you'll need the Tri bike and start learning to swim now. If you do get serious let me know, I have a friend that is training with me, your welcome to join us. Yes, doing triathlons is a big expense, even the pool tris want about $45. My thought is to do 4 or 5 open water Tris next summer and a half iron at the end of the summer, them keep after it during the winter. I do have one big advantage over most, have a second home in St.George, I can train year around on the bike, on the IronMan course.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From DonGardinero on Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 20:10:41 from 152.216.7.5

Brent....That's awesome you have a second home in SG. That would make things a lot easier. I guess I have a lot of saving to do if I'm going to do this. A tri bike for what, maybe $1000 - $2000? Swimming lessons for who knows how long...Then there is the Ironman registration fee of $550+.

As for the tattoo...I would do it. That's the perfect tattoo to get. Of course, I would only get it if I finish.

Dale (My real name)

From The Quiet Pirate on Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:46:57 from 65.191.108.72

It's great to hear your swimming is providing hope now...earlier it sounded like a source of doubt. I imagine swimming, once you get technique down, is much like running...mostly a head game.

You've got great plans in place to be ready for Ironman. It's going to be awesome!

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