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MURRAY,UT,US

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2006

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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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Race: Ogden 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:26:17, Place in age division: 6
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Race weekend, really wanted to run the half marathon, tried to switch, no luck. 2 weeks ago, ran a 29:04 5k, goal was to get under 9 minute miles, 8:28 pace today, knee felt fine. It was darn cold before the race with a wind blowing down the canyon. Not expecting much, lined up in about the middle of the pack, what a mistake. The 5k funneled onto the trail, not enough room for all the runners. Hard to measure how much time was lost getting around runners and being slowed at the start. The fun part was passing runners, had big positive road kill with only two runners passing me after the first mile. I lost count at about 50 runners positive. The first mile was 9:57, did not do the math, but rest of the race was a little under 8 min. miles. I know, not fast, but, fast for me. This is the first 5K for some time the has given me the racing rush. Next goal, under 8 min. miles next month at the Art attack. This was my 10th run of the year! Sylvie says I should only run on race days, save the knee.

Sylvie, took third in her division with a very nice award for her effort. Sylvie has great potential if I could get her to train more.

Post race, could not stick around and watch the marathoners, had to hurry off to work, bummer. Project rollout at work, work again tomorrow. Hopefully, last overtime for a few months.

Blogger sightings: Sasha, fast and darn determined. There is no other look like Sasha gritting to the finish.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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Comments
From RAD on Sat, May 16, 2009 at 21:36:34 from 67.166.99.8

NICE JOB BRENT!! I had the same thought as we were running the trail "wow! I'm glad I didn't start on this 'narrow' trail - no room to run around people!" Fortunately I wasn't having that problem at that point :) Thanks for all the advice and info about the marathon it REALLY helped in many places!!

From Clay on Sat, May 16, 2009 at 21:50:17 from 67.182.209.60

Great race Brent, you are so dedicated!!!

From Kelli on Sat, May 16, 2009 at 23:14:15 from 71.219.69.233

Awesome, i am glad you felt great!

From Mike Warren on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:26:20 from 208.117.124.133

Brent, great race! Very good news about the knee. The trail was still busy when I came through. I can't imagine how crowded it would be in a 5k. Very nice effort and what a feeling, the racing rush!

From Lucia on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 14:08:40 from 74.9.147.114

Nice job Brent! Congrats to Sylvie too!

From Jon on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 15:46:19 from 75.169.140.132

Nice job, Brent!

From Burt on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 20:50:17 from 68.76.197.194

Hey, if it wasn't for that first mile in the pack, you would've had an awesome time. Glad the knee was feeling good today.

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