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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Snowy run, looked like mother nature was ready to unload a foot of snow.  Headed out the door in a rush, really only snowed about an inch or two, wet snow.  Ran into Cody, one of the top runners on the blog.  Cody, asked if we should run together. Well, I was almost home.  Would like to run with him, it would be an easy run for him and an threshold run for me.  See if we can hook up next time he is down on the parkway. 

Normally, on saturdays, me and Sylvie run  together.  She is still healing from tweeking her hammy during our run last week on the snow/ice.

Did a weight workout while Sylvie rode the excercise spinning bike for an hour.  We watched Boune Conspiracy while working out.  I think we may buy a treadmill for next winter.  We just wonder sometimes, so cold, bad footing, are we really getting a good run sometimes?

*Note, jumped to 75 miles this week, back down to 70 for a few weeks, too large a jump from averaging 67 miles a week the last 10 weeks.  My legs have been a little more tired than normal, likely increasing miles this week.   I thinking 70 to 80 per week will be my upper limit by the time St.George hits.  Not too concerned about the SLC Track Club and Striders series, use those as good hard training runs getting ready for Ogden marathon and other races to come.  I do not expect age 50+ PRs in those races, do hope for age 50+ PRs in later races.

I ran my first marathon in 1982 and started running in 1981, age 57 now, keep running as long as possible. Over the years, all kinds of injuries, 4 stress fractures, 3 hamstring pulls, 1 hip flexor, 1 plantar faciitis, 4 or 6 IT Band, 2 calf pulls, and a few others.  I guess injuries will happen when your trying to improve, pushing, but, they also just happen. 

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Comments
From Jody on Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 13:22:04

Way to get out there today. You are lucky to only have an inch or two. We have 3-4 at my house.

From Mike Warren on Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 15:31:22

Brent, great job on the miles. I always enjoy reading your blog, thanks for the good info. Good luck with your miles and it will be fun to see your new PR at Ogden!!

From James on Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 16:34:44

Cody isn't that fast! Besides, I am sure he would have went your pace, that is what Paul always does when we run with him.

Smart to listen to your body and stay around 70 miles or less for now.

From Lybi on Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 17:21:52

Wow, congrats on a high mileage week. I'm sure you're in for a great year of running.

From Cody on Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 21:41:11

I agree with James. You can easily keep up. No speed records for me for a while. We will hook up next time...

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