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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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The taper begins, cold run this morning, legs were slow and heavy, good thing the taper is here.  Ran south today towards Gardner Village.  At about 2.5 hit the muddy trail where the river has washed out part of the asphalt.  I was surprised, the city of West Jordon usually is very slow to react.  The repair to shoring up the river must be at state expense.  I hope they finish the work before the real bad weather hits.

This entry is for the creature watchers, Crumpy1, Kerry, and the Wolf.  Running home today seen two red foxes slowly running on the trail right at me, about day break.  I stopped, they kept coming.  One of them ran within 10 feet of me and stopped.   Come to find out, Sylvia told me that golfers have been feeding the foxes.  This does not seem good for their long term survival.   Tough day at work the next three days and then I am on vacation for 3 weeks. 

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Comments
From Dee on Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 20:30:33

Brent,

Still looking forward to St. George. I'v been taking it easy hoping my legs get feeling better. I'm gonna push the pace for a couple of miles tonight to hopefully loosen them up in preparation for Saturday. How would three weeks of vacation be? You gotta love that, anything fun planned?

From Michael on Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 10:54:52

Too bad the idiots are feeding the foxes, yes that could spell their eventual doom - humans always seem to mess things up for the other creatures.

Anyway - good luck at Saint George. Hope you have a great time - you can do it!

From Kerry on Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 11:16:28

Cool picture of you and your wife! Hope your legs are feeling fresh by Saturday. It sounds like temperatures are going to be fairly cool for St. George.

Your foxes remind me of the ducks at the Highland Glen pond. As long as the weather's not too bad, there's always somebody out there feeding them. So instead of flying south, about a dozen of them hang around until the pond completely freezes over which sometimes doesn't happen until January. And by then, nobody's bringing them bread any more. It would probably surprise us to learn how many animals we kill with kindness.

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