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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: Bryce Canyon 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:26:46, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.100.000.000.000.003.10

Bless and Release, need to let this race go, be gone.  No excuses, just the facts.

My life as a mid pack runner -

Pre Race Warmup - almost non-existent,  one block pickup with Colleen with some stretching.  No need to warmup, use the first 3 miles as the warmup. 

The Start Line - Now here is a sight, me and Colleen are standing on the start line, we look behind us, everyone except the first row was several feet back, what the heck, the race of reluctant runners. 

The gun goes off -  me and Colleen take off fairly well, we hit the first quarter mile at 6:30 pace, she says, I need to back off, she then picks it up and drops me.  If I didn't know better, I would think she was throwing down the smack hammer on me.   I will save that one for the memory bank. 

Mile 1- 8 min split, runners starting to pass me,  (my mind, wait for me, really, I can run too)

Mile 2- 16:49 wheels have come off and are taking out other runners. 

Mile 3 - My dad catches me, looked like my dad, darn couldn't let may dad beat me, picked it up the last quarter. 

PR worst for a 5K -

The positive side:

1.  Sylvie had a great race, she is ramping it up for St.Geore, for 53 she can really crank em.

2.  Got to see the elite bloggers come in like rolling thunder.  What a sight?

3.  Gave Quiten and MarcieJ high fives as they sprint for home

4.  Harry, 72 years old beat his race last year by 2 minutes, 1:38. 

5.  Talked to Superfly, Coach Holt and James after the race.  Great runners and people also.

6.  Collen was really not giving me the smack down, gave me a big hug after the race. 

7.  I may have set the Guiness record for slowest time and win my division.

8.  Ran from Fairyland Lookout to Sunset lookout and back, with the Hodos the next day.  Ran those 5 miles on the trail the same pace as the 5k, go figure.  This short trail run, by myself, put me in the moment.  You can only do what you can do that day, but da..., I will work even harder to be ready for the next moment. 

Stay Kool, special thanks to Sylvie for putting up with me, B of BS Rools out

 

 

 

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Comments
From Bonnie on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 19:51:21

Way to get out and beat your Dad Brent. 1 x 10^6 commando points for getting out there and finishing the job. No one (especially you) expected a stellar time right now, those will be saved for future days (pain free).

Bonnie

From Kim on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 19:56:00

Hey Brent, mid pack is a great place to be! We'll take you in that area as long as needs be! Thanks for sharing the positives of the race! Now off to see Sylvie's report! So glad things worked out well for her!

From Tom on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 20:03:44

Brent - ditto what the ladies said. Maybe you and I both suffer from high-expectation-itis but I suppose sometimes we both need to just remind ourselves that every run is a great run and it's truly glorious to be out there moving the legs, no matter what the pace.

From MarcieJ on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 20:23:17

It was so cool to come around the corner and see you and hear you cheering me on. I am glad I made one of your positives! I am so glad you are just able to run. Good job out there! (Hey if you got any decent pics of me do you think you could email them to me.)marsser@hotmail.com

Thanks!

From josse on Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 18:00:27

It was so good to see you and Sylvie in Bryce and I am glad you got a good run in on the trails.

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