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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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Darn, weather just too cold for my knees.  Met the spinning instructor, 30 minutes early, to get a good warmup for the two classes, very good effort, happy with the 52 miles.  My endurance seems good for this time of year. 

Goatee report - old news

Puppy report - Roxie is great, potty trained.  Our only issue now seems to be her liking my socks and Sylvie's house shoes. 

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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Comments
From johnh on Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 14:36:10 from 63.248.42.244

Nice mileage!!! My younger brother loves spinning classes and tries to get me to go with him. (I don't have a gym pass) He feels they really push him and he gets a better workout than just riding the bikes at the gym.

From Brent on Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 14:51:17 from 168.178.30.194

John, I think you would like the spin classes this time of year. My instructor is a 4 time la da ja rider and have done a dozen or so 100 milers. Keeping up with him is a great workout.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Nevels on Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 15:06:16 from 75.143.83.136

solid mileage and cool new picture

From The Quiet Pirate on Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 22:09:54 from 65.191.134.20

I love the pix. Are you on the Jordan River parkway? There's no path/trail in sight.

Great miles on the bike. I loved spinning when I used to go to the gym before we moved. I found it kept my quads and pelvis super strong. And having a great instructor makes all the difference. Mine used to yell out, "This hill ain't ****!" It's my motto now whenever I think a hill is getting the best of me.

Hooray for potty training your puupy!

QP

From RAD on Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 01:33:14 from 67.172.229.125

wow, changes coming quick! Puppy all grown up, goatee gone and then kickin' it in spin class?...well some things never change!

From Brent on Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:38:33 from 168.178.30.194

Nevels - thanks, my mind is still not convinced the biking translates into conditioning for running - I know from experience it does, but, just does not compute.

QP - spin instructor could not use the s word in Utah - you don't see the JRP trail because it is convered by snow. My favorite winter run is just after it snows a couple of inches.

Devine Miss M - the best of times and the worst of times - sometimes expecting feels that way. My Viet Nam years really ring true to that statement. My daughter is going thru the same feelings right now, the ups and downs in moods - tough to deal with. Hang in there.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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