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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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Swim, 1.5 miles, 2700 yrds, Murray Rec, non-stop swim, 1 hr 20 min. this pace would just get under the time limit if I could keep it up for another .9 miles.  Really need to work on the swim.

10 mile cheeta speed walk, 5 miles north and home along JRP, seen DC and his daughter running, still several patches of ice on the parkway, careful does it. avg pace, 14:50, felt pretty good, could likely keep it up for the marathon, this woul put we walking a 6:22 for the marathon part. 

the tough bricks started with today.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

Tested the SF a little, ran on some of the dirt and up hills.

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Spin, 21 miles, good effort.  Lunch time swim, 36 laps, 1800 yrds, 1 mile, NW center, one half lap at a time, working on form, also, tired from yesterday's workout.   This is the first time ever swimming 3 days in a row. 

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hard 1 hr hill workout, 14.5% grade - after work 90 IM pace spin - 5.75 + 7.5 miles

Nice to get in one of the hard bike workouts in. felt good.

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99 minutes, 7.75 miles on Milly - good cheetah effort, 13 min miles - watching the Idol, 1 hr spin 20 mph effort. - good days of training so far this week, a little taper for saturday.

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Race: STG Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:37:33, Place in age division: 24
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Some apprehension about this race, essentially, not have ran the last four months because of the SF.  Well, turned out to be fun and a good workout.  My oldest daughter, Jenna and her husband, Jeremy, ran their first half marathon, they were so excited.  Jeremy pushed a double baby jogger with his two boys, ran a 2:15.  Jenna, did a 2:28 and was very happy not stopping during the race.  Sylive did a 2:10, not what she would have liked. 

The morning started with chaos, what do we wear, etc. rounded up two ponchos, gloves, got them layered and ready to go.  Jenna and Jeremy, were not prepared with rain garb.  The two boys, grand kiddies were great, the rain do not bother them.  Sylive started up towards the start, the rest of lined up almost at the very back.  I ran with Jenna and Jeremy the first quarter mile, Jeremy took off.  I soon started the run/walk routine, ran all the uphills, some of the down, had fun passing runners on the uphills.  

Overall, good training run, not too sore, avg pace about 12 min miles, I know, slower than slow.  But, do what you can do.  I ran with a guy that had lost 70lbs and had 40lbs left to lose before the Odgen half, gave him 10,000 commando points, raised hands together in a photo op, and then left him the last couple of miles.  My stamina was good, had all postive road kill the last 2.1 miles. 

It is just how things go, go from the top 10% to the bottom 10% in four years.  Well, maybe that is not the way to view it, could be on the couch, still out there, giving the best each day.   

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

Talked to Rachel for a couple of minuts, her boot and all.

 

 

 

 

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