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MURRAY,UT,US

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2006

Gender:

Male

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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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Race: Striders 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:38:14, Place overall: 64, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Very happy with the race today, best time in the half marathon for two years, not counting the Provo River 1/2.  

Mile 2 -  15:02  - Did not log the first mile and the mile was mismarked.

Mile 3 - 7:08

I am not good with the Chrono.  But, stuck to race plan.  Try and get 6 minutes under 8 minute mile pace by mile 7.  Almost right to the second.  Gained another 30 seconds the last 6.1.    This may seem like an odd race plan, but, I felt I could hold on to 8 minutes miles the last half if I could gain some time on the easy part of the course.  

Syliva also won her division as the winner of her divsion placed in Masters. 

I am very happy with the 7:29 pace overall considering 3 weeks ago at the Canyonlands 1/2 I was 5 minutes 30 seconds slower. 

Sasha likely has a comparison for the two courses on difficulty.  I would also wonder if the course was certified given the first mile marker in the wrong place. 

Mantra during the race, have some guts.  Finished ahead of a runner who beat me at a 15K about for weeks ago by 4 minutes.  It seems some of my harder workouts are starting to result in some improvement.

Another running friend, Colleen Southwick, won her division also, tough as nails for her age, she won her division and St.George last year. 

I now need to develop a race plan for the Salt Lake Marathon in a couple of weeks. 

B of BS Rools out.

 

 

 

 

 

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Comments
From Chad on Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 17:44:17

Right on Brent. Great race.

From Cody on Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 14:13:24

Good Race! Good luck in prep for the Marathon.

From Maria on Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 15:19:54

Good job, Brent! Great time - your training is starting to pay off. And you won your age group - how awesome is that! All the best in the SLM, I'm sure you'll do great.

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 12:44:44

I estimate the course was at least a minute slower that this year's Moab for the runners in the 1:10-1:15 range. So closer to 1:30 for 1:35-1:40 range.

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