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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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Started the run later than I wanted, starting to get hot, took our dog Sammy, standard poodle, for the first three miles.  She ran great the first two and then was running out of gas.  We dropped her off at home and headed out for the last 7 miles.  Sylvia was feeling great today and was throwing in a few pickups.  I don't know if she was doing this to rub it in or what.  I kept up on a couple of them, she kicked my butt on the others.  No superhero powers for me, could not run two hard days in a row.  But, we finished the run, heat and all.  We ran into George Adams, former long time president of the SLC track club and talked to him for a few minutes.  He is recovering from plantar faciitis.  We have had some good battles in races over the last 10 years.  

It was good to see Sylvia getting faster and more endurance.  I expect her to have a very good St. George Marathon this year and have a shot at placing in the top ten in her division again.  Placing in the top ten in a division at St. George is a big deal to most runners as you get a nice rock plaque and it is really tough to place based on all the runners from around the country.  I expect that I would need at least a 3:15 to sneak into the top ten.  I have some work to do.

B of BS Rools out.  (one of my better training weeks this year)

 

 

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Comments
From Lybi on Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 18:39:40

Thanks Brent. I value your advice. I hope someday James and I can be a little closer in our training time. We are more like 2 min. apart for easy runs. He did a good job of staying with me. I only had to ask him to "heel" once or twice. He he he.

How cool that you have a standard poodle. They are actually super athletic dogs--bred for hunting water fowl. The fluffy fur is supposed to help them float. How old is Sammy?

Good job on your training. Over 50 miles!

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