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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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Crazy alarm day - darn power went off last night, the alarm went off, hurried to work, no one in the parking lot, arrived at 4 a.m, whatahey, the power went out last night, darn fancy alarm reset itself wrong.   Dr visit, nuke a couple of pre cancer skin spots, everything ok. 

Back to business, rode the bike outside for 26 miles along the JRP trail, had fun passing all the bikers, a couple tried to hang on, smoked them.   Biking gets boring, trying to make a game of it.  Hope to run in the morning if the alarm clock does its job.  200 ball crunches overhead dumbells.

 

Old times - looking through a couple old boxes at work, found a framed running memory my training buddies gave me back in 1997 after the St. George marathon (Diana, Bruce and Brett) 

WARM HANDS COLD HEART AWARD

This is to certify that on October 4, 1997 Brent L. Barney completed the St. George marathon in record time.  Brent finished first place in the BLACK GLOVE category never letting sweaty hands interfere with his  quest to realize his goal.

Why is this funny - it was the hottest St.George, out of 17 ran,  97 degrees at the finish, I wore black gloves the entire race, got into a zone, like no other zone, fighting heat and fatigue, Ran a 3:08 in terrible conditions, darn, as many runners would say, may have had a shot at sub 3 hour if the weather was 30 degrees cooler.  Another day at the races and another day of what ifs - This is the first St.George that Sylvie ran with me, one week after getting married.  The framed momento will be hung in a good spot with other memories of good times.   As we all know, remember little about PRs, remember the running buddies and the effort. 

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

 

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Comments
From KP on Tue, May 25, 2010 at 22:39:38 from 98.67.171.202

running is about the friendships we make and the memories we share. what an awesome blast from the past. display that pic proudly!

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