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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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Race: Salt Lake City Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:59:51, Place in age division: 23
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Before I start the race report, thanks to Mike, Burt, Devine and QP for the well wishes at the races.

Up at 4 a.m. for a local race, the Trax getting to the start before the gun goes off - mission accomplished, we were at the start 45 minutes early, time to take care of business, chat with a few runners we knew from other races.   We looked for Rachel, no where in sight. 

The start, we decided to start towards the front, good decision, little trouble bopping and wearving today.  I had a rough start, Sylvie left me early, could only muster up 9 minute miles for the first 5 easiest miles on the course.   I may be the oddest split runner, ran the second half of the race, toughest half, in almost the exact same time as the first half by a few seconds.  Downhill is just not my bag.  Back to the race, beautiful day for a run, starting feeling good after the downhill to 11th east, thank goodness -  good pace groove.   When I hit Sugarhouse park, Sylvie had already made the turnaround as yelled at me as she made the turn at Highland highschool, she had a 3 minute lead on me, well, no catching her today.  For whatever reason, had no speed, but, felt real strong, never stopped, not even at water stops.  When we turned out of liberty park and headed towards state street, started passing runners who were fading, continued to pass runners from 9th south to south temple, nice uphill stretch.  When I hit 4th south I could see Sylive about a half block ahead of me.  Sylive calls it the Sylive pull, caught her as we turned on south temple, told her to hang and go with me.  After the race, she said she had nothing left.   I looked at my watch, had a chance to break 2 hrs, had no chance of breaking 9 min. miles, kicked it in the last 3/4 mile and kept passing runners all the way to the finish.  No big deal passing runners at my slow pace, but, feels good, broke 2 hrs.

Thoughts after the race, could have finished a marathon today, felt strong at the end.  The running up and down West Canyon (in Snow Canyon) has paid off with strength, not speed. 

This was a post knee surgery PR in the half, 3 minutes quicker than HobbleCreek last year.  Sylvie ran 2 hrs and small change and was 4 minutes faster than last year.  All in all, happy with the race, hope to continue speed improvement, the endurace is good. 

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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Comments
From RAD on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 16:37:05 from 67.172.229.125

Nice work on the new Post PR! I also felt a lot stronger that 2nd half...goes to show that we're real endurance athletes, it takes us a while to warm up :)

Congrats to Sylvie as well! I'm a little bummed I didn't run into you guys, we were around the same time, but you weren't 4 min back on gun time - you had the 'elite' start! :)

I'm SO glad your knee felt good, it was a perfect day for a great race - little jealous you broke 2 hours, I was close, but no cigar!

Finished strong and pulled Sylvie through, perfect Rools Run!!

From Tom on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 17:27:09 from 67.199.180.90

Congrats Brent (and Sylvie too), nice race and report. 500 commando points for the post-surgery PR and to share with Sylvie. Glad to see you able to do as well as you do with bone on bone, you always inspire.

From Mike Warren on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 18:09:24 from 208.117.124.133

Awesome!! I believe thats back to back post-surgery PR's for you. Very sweet my friend. You always find a way to motivate yourself to do the best you can. Yes, that Snow Canyon run will pay dividends. Keep up the great work, I appreciate the motivation!

From KP on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 18:23:31 from 98.81.31.240

Great race, BS! Way to pull it out at the end and run a sub 2. Awesome!

From Kim on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 19:24:49 from 67.199.180.90

Awesome Brent and Sylvie!

From Lysa on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 20:47:09 from 174.52.15.101

YOU are an inspiration. 37 marathons?! good job on such a great day today, congratulations on your post surgery PR! That is amazing!

From cheryl on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 20:58:15 from 67.166.68.69

Great job you two!! Doesn't it feel good to run a half and feel like you could have run a full marathon? I've never had that experience, hope to one day.

From Andy on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 21:19:45 from 198.60.114.178

Congrats on the post surgery PR. Glad to see you getting stronger and faster.

From Jon on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:16:47 from 75.169.159.140

Nice work, Brent. Looks like real progress!

From Brent on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:28:30 from 168.178.30.194

Thanks for the support - your comments help keep the dream alive. I read many blogs where running is loved with the hopes of endless running. I hope those dreams come true for all of us who love running.

Devine - if USTF kept rankings on 7 month pregant times - you would be world ranked

Tom - I hope you heal quickly and you back to running form, stay in shape during rehab, you have the dedication.

Andy - good to see you back running well, expect you will PR St. George this year

Lysa, marathon in your future? Good luck on your training

Cheryl - leader - have you started your speed workouts, you had a very good season last year, hopefully better again this year.

Kim - your in shape for more PRs this year, keep up the drive.

KP - stick with this blog, you will find yourself making major improvements this year.

Mike - more PRs for you this year, keep running smart, maybe we can get together during the Iron Man Weekend, what aid station are you? We are at #6.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Brent on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 14:46:56 from 168.178.30.194

Jon - it seems the progress is part from switching to more trail running, getting stronger, maybe not ever faster, but, being able to hold the pace longer. Trail running is just darn tough. Good for old timers like me who can no longer pound the roads with endless miles.

Thanks - Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Bec on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 15:34:40 from 76.23.55.210

Way to go on the post surgery PR. I think it's amazing that you felt strong enough for the full. Is ogden on the schedule? You will be ready for that full for sure.

From Burt on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 20:36:27 from 98.177.220.145

Brent - awesome job. Such a consistent pace and strong finish. I echo all those that call you an inspiration. Keep on doing what you do.

From The Quiet Pirate on Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:03:23 from 24.199.205.252

Pirate's been out to sea for a few days..and congratulations are a couple days overdue.

Happy to know you got in under 2 hrs, and there wasn't knee pain. It is good to know that surgery doesn't have to be the end of things, just a bump in the road.

I love trail running. I have to get out of town to do it, but I agree that it makes you stronger.

Great run for you and Sylvie. Congrats to you both! I'll shoot a couple of cannons from the ship in your honor :-)

From Brent on Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 22:17:30 from 66.7.127.219

Bec, see you are doing the Ogden half also, may see you there. Next marathon, St.George, may run one after St.George in Dec. or Jan. Good luck at Ogden.

Burt, thanks for the support - often read your blog, sometimes don't comment, hard to follow the dixie chain.

From Clay on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 13:16:19 from 67.222.231.10

I know its late Brent but great race and great effort towards the end, you showed your strength!!!! Keep up the good work you are very inspiring!

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