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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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Early morning run, easy does it.  Foot feeling better, nice to run before the heat of the day.  I stopped and talked to guy who ran Chicago marathon last year, the heat, ran out of water, etc.  It sounded like a joke.  I also talked to Cindy, not running St.George, broke her arm.

Fitness evaluation:  I am in poor running shape. my avg running miles per week over the last 4 months has been about 6 miles a week, what a drop from 70. My main concern right now, just run easy and slow, build some base.  My cardio and fitness (biking) is in excellent shape.  Hopeyfully, this cross training will help spring me back into some running shape.

Stay Kool, have  a good sunday, B of BS Rools out

Rode the bike 10 miles, convert to 2.5 cross training.  Forgot to mention, middle of the day, I has heading south on the parkway, tree area, another biker was headed north, right between us, a doe and a fawn.  As often as I have seen deer, nornally, never in the middle of the day.   

 

 

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Comments
From Mike Warren on Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 10:41:50

Brent, I hear you Bro. Our paths this year are very similar. We were both hitting that 70-80 miles per week. I know how you feel, sucking wind like crazy. The easy runs I was doing several months ago, are very hard now. I don't have any experience with this, but i was wondering. Once you get in pretty good shape, does it come back faster? Thats what I am counting on, if not STGM will be a joke for me.

From Clay on Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 12:38:35

Brent are you still running SG?

From Brent on Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 13:17:23

Mike - Yes, it will come back fast, give it a few weeks. Also, St.George will be a joke time wise. But, if I can finish under 6 hours, I am going to give it a try. I have ran 13 straight and don't want to break the streak. By the way, I hope your injury is healed. You always have next year. My next years are done for any PRs, BQs or anything like that. I such hope to be a mid-packer and enjoy the experience. My running will likely only be 2 or 3 days a week on soft surfaces, except for races.

Clay - I feel like you deserve a break after last year, I hope you heal and can give St.George a try. I feel like we three, me you and Mike, all need to be part of the party as long as it does not give us a set back. St.George only comes once a year, time really does not count for any of us this year. So, why not, if we can do it without harm.

Stay Kool, three amigos, B of BS Rools out

From josse on Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 18:43:54

I am a true believer that crosstraining works when you are coming back. It still takes time but not as much time if we did noting.

From brent on Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 21:54:40

Josse, no doubt, without Gwen, cross training does help. There is no way Mike could run 9 or myself run 7.5 with 4 months off without cross training.

Stay Kool, good luck on saturday, B of BS Rools out

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