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Provo River Half Marathon

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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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Sat, Aug 11, 2007

Race: Provo River Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:32:43, Place overall: 57, Place in age division: 3

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	13.10	0.00	0.00	13.10

Where to start, on the way down to the race with my wife Sylvia, I decided to run the first 5K of the race hard, (hard for me). This strategy was dangerous as I was a little out of my comfort zone. I wanted to give myself a time cushion for the 1 mile (approx) pretty good uphill. Also, I may have paid for the move later on. But what the heck. I turned out to be a good move, I hooked up with a older runner, Andy, (61 who had won his division in St. George last year). We were sizing each other up, were we in the same division? I finally broke the ice and asked him what division he was in. When we were both in different divisions we decided to work together to hold a 7 minute mile pace. He was a great pacing partner, good conversation and motivation. As we were going down the big hill, I commented that Kerry in my division, who usually beats me, was about 2 minutes behind coming up. Andy said, he will never catch you, stay even. Andy was right!

The Provo River Half, the distance is always questionable. I did not have my Garmin, I hope the course was 13.1. My race time was exactly three minutes faster that the Bryce Canyon 1/2 marathon 3 weeks ago. Sylvia was about 1 minute quicker. If any fellow bloggers read this that ran the race and had a Garmin, what did the course measure? Part of the hesitation to get too excited about my time, mile mark 5, we ran a 3 minute mile, another mile marker we ran an 11 minute mile. I wish I had had the Garmin today.

I was very happy with the 7:05 pace for the race and placing 57th overall (Well over 1,200 runners) It is getting difficult to place in the top 100 at these larger races. I am hoping to get into Hobblecreek, there has been a problem with the registration what was sent in plently of time. If any of you bloggers have any pull with Hobblecreek, I could sure use help getting me and Sylvia in the race.

Odd thing about my training: my 5K race pace, last 5k was about 7:15. (Murray 5K).

Awards, Syvlia was 2nd and I was 3rd in my division. It appears there we no awards. Anyway, Curt is always unpredictable what he will do about awards. For several years he gave nice wood plaques and other years prints of the Gaurdian of the Trail. No matter, we have enough awards to fill the garage already.

Last comments: the last two tuesday workouts with the Black Sheep seem to be helping my ability to sustain the pace. I am going to try and keep going. If this turns out to be a 13.1 course, this is my fastest Provo River 1/2 and Half Marathon time in the last 5 years.

Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From O-town runner on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 15:59:37

Brent--Good race. According to my Garmin the distance was 13.16. Everyone in my group that ran today was similar. We ranged from 13.1 to 13.17. I agree about the mile markers. They were a mess. I'm pretty sure you were well above 96th. According o the printouts that were taped up to a trailer after the race I was in 77th. One of my friends ran a 1:32 and some change and he was 50th according to the print-out. good race.

From Dave Holt on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 16:04:30

Brent, thanks for the comment. I thought that you looked familiar as we passed! I had the course a bit short on my Garmin, but it seems everyone else had it right about on. Those mile markers were a bit screwy weren't they. I believe it was 5 that was less than 1/2 mile after 4! Good job on your run. 3 mins. faster on this course than Bryce is great. But I do think that extreme drop on Bryce takes a bit out of the legs.

From ArmyRunner on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 17:39:43

My Garmin 305 measured it at 13.15 so it was pretty much dead on. Congrats on a good race today.

From Maria on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 17:52:57

Brent, great job! This is a very good time, and 3 min. faster than you did just couple of months ago! The course wasn't short, so you can get excited now :). Whatever you're doing, it's working. You're probably in 3:15 marathon shape now, especially for St. George. Keep it up now, and, most importantly, stay healthy.

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 19:20:13

The course was the right length this time. Curt is never off by too much, but he can be off by 0.1 on occasion.

From James on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 19:30:51

Nice job today! Who knows with Curt, he is a good friend, but a different duck for sure! Maybe you will get an award sent to you via mail in 6 months, that happened to me once!

From Michael on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 22:48:44

Way to run Brent, and congrats to Slyvia too. I think that is a race Id like to try next year. Seems odd about no awards being such a big and popular race.Hey maybe you should take that 3 minute mile - its not evry day you get to break a worlds record

From Chad on Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 01:03:59

Brent, great race today! It was good to see you on the course holding that strong pace. See you on more Tuesday mornings, I hope!

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