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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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Tired from the plane trip.  Decided to run anyway, great fall day to run, enjoyed the run, 8:30 pace overall.  Last half mile a runner caught me from behind, picked up the pace and ran with him until he quit. 

The Hawaii vacation was great.  I have two more free round trip tickets to Hawaii.  I am considering doing the Kona marathon with Sylvia completing the half.  It is a tough marathon with 10 year age brackets.  Maybe I will send them an email about the 10 year brackets.

I see many new bloggers hitting the blog, welcome aboard, grey and underway.  It is also nice to see many runners ramping of the mileage base.  Very good time of year for building the base. 

 

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Comments
From Tom on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 17:28:02

Welcome back from Hawaii. And good job getting the jet-lagged run in, you're quite the dedicated dude!

Maybe now I can quit getting bummed out every time I read your blog wishing I was in Hawaii.

From sarah pachev on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 23:25:54

yay for vacations that make us so tired that we can't wait to get back to our normal life...then when we are sick of that....we go on vacation again. Fun cycle I know but we all do it. Glad you guys are back. Looks like Slyvia opened a blog and we are thrilled to have her on board. I can't wait to get to know her better.

From laura on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 23:40:20

Welcome home!!!! Although I'm green with envy!! My husband and I went to Oahu and Maui about 3 years ago and still dream about going back. Sounds like fun to mix vacationing with racing.

Thanks for my commando points! I know my race times are so meager compared to so many runners on this blog, but I was happy!! Plus I'm encouraged to keep improving and keep racing.

From laura on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 23:41:09

By the way, nice new picture from St. George!!!!

From Michelle on Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:25:57

Thanks Brent !!! Sounds like that vacation was wonderful! I'll be flying out tomorrow mornning and after reading through the comments from your blog am more excitted now than ever! Where on the island did you stay? We will spend one day on waikiki and then one night on the North Sore and then off to Kauai for the rest of the time. The first two days may be a little rushed, and over all I wished we had more time, but my husband just can't miss that much time off in a row! O-well it gives us a great excuse to get back all the sooner! Well I better get out and get that run in so I can pack, we are going to SLC tonight!

From Tom on Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:30:38

Dang Michelle! You mean just when I was relieved I wouldn't have to get depressed at work reading Brent's hawaii blogs, you jump right in to take his place!

Guess I better be very selective about the blogs I read... But at least it sounds like you won't be there quite as long as Brent was.

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