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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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Brick day - run n spin - First day running outside for three weeks, finally feel pretty much back to norman, ran along the JRP to 4500 south and home (5.25 miles) very pleasant run, happy with the legs given the time away from running and hard spinnning.  Came home and rode the spin bike for 2 hours at a 20 mph pace, nice ride (40 miles converted to 10 miles crosstraining), upper body weights and drank a protein shake after the workout. 

Hope to complete at least 3 bricks a week with a run and bike or run and swim comb. 

Dreamer - bought a wetsuit yesterday from Salt Lake Running Company, great buy, only $150 for a $400 rental suit, B.J. Christensen (famous Utah runner and Iron Man Kona in the top 20) picked out  the suit, looked like new with no dings.  Well, now I have to crank up the swimming and do a couple of open water Tris this year.  If the swimming goes well, plan on signing up for the 2011 St.George Iron Man.  Hopefully, not the better laid plans of mice or men with this statement. 

Reality - during the run today, realized, my speed will not improve much given the knee, need to really focus on the endurance side of running. 

Stay Kool, B of BS Roolsout

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Comments
From Nevels on Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 18:43:24 from 75.143.79.39

Good to get back out there.

Cool to get B.J. Christensen to pick out the wetsuit; I'm sure you'll put it to good use.

Looking forward to seeing you commando up for the Iron Man. (maybe one day I'll man up and go for it...)

I think that with a little while of consistent (hopefully injury-free) running, a decent portion of the speed will come back, but nothing wrong with the endurance side of running...

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