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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 - 22.38 miles in 1 hour, good effort - first 30 minutes road hard at 12 resistance avg pace 22.11 mph, lowered the resistance to 11, avg pace 22.27 - what this says:  more resistance is not always faster.  Also, legs were also somewhat fatigued from the first 30 minutes.  I am going to try higher cadence with 10 resistance later this week.  Why is this important - in Tris or duathlons - want the most efficiency from the bike and save legs for the run. 

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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Comments
From Burt on Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 13:18:49 from 206.19.214.144

Whenever I look at the results from triathlons, often he who has the fastest bike ride ends up winning.

From RAD on Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 14:42:50 from 67.172.229.125

wow...never thought about resistance that way. I'll have to keep that in mind on my next spin class!

From Brent on Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 18:30:42 from 168.178.30.194

Burt - I agree, it is not often the fastest swimmer wins the race, it is usually the first two or three off the bike. In the three Tris I have done, this seems to follow.

Devine - fast cadence with the right amount of resistance for the most efficient use of power and speed, does this relate to running? Fast leg turnover vs. stride length? I have a good running buddy, lady, who was a race walker (Colleen) before she began running. She developed one heck of a fast leg turnover race walking, she has won her division in St.George marathon twice and took third last year. It seems there is something to this.

STay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Kelli on Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 18:42:13 from 71.219.89.82

12 resistance???? My trainer had me do 10, but only for 15 seconds! I could barely keep my legs moving. You are superhuman!

LOVE the new picture, in fact, I have yet to see a better running picture!

From Brent on Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 08:37:47 from 168.178.30.194

K-Power, thanks for the positive comments - hard to get a good running picture, we had our son take about 10 pictures to get one decent shot. I don't think runners are photogenic, we all look like were in a trance or some sort of pain.

Stay kool, B of BS Rools out

From Kelli on Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 14:29:42 from 71.219.89.82

I always look FURIOUS, like I am about to flip out on someone!

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