| 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" Favorite Blogs: |
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Bike ride -20.17 miles, seen DC, still running. Looking forward to Moab next week.
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| Arc Machine, 60 minutes, upper body circuit weights. Nice workout. Big Little race next saturday, Moab 5 miler. Hope to finish before sunset. Mentally, this is a tough race to run. Last year won my division and was the last race before my knee was gone. First to Last in one year? |
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Spining Wheels, 21.63 miles, 60 minutes - good effort. Acqu jogging tonight, then yogurt.
No acqua jogging, lazy river kids only, darn, could not pass as a big kid. Spin class, me and Sylvie did jumps during most of the class, good quad work.
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Early morning, 30 min. spin and 30 min Arc Trainer - wall squat 2 min. and hamstring ball excercises.
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| Another day, excercise at 4:30 a.m. dark, upper body circuit weights, 30 min spin and 30 Arc. Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out |
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| Early morning, 5 a.m. spinning class - good workout. Enjoyment level form spinning as compared to running outside, 1 to 10. Leaving for Moab in a couple of hours. It will be a blast, redrock, 5 mile run, colorado river, Arches. Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out |
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Pre-race thoughts - live in the moment, have fun. Knee issues have relegated me to a run on race days only runner. Thank goodness for spin classes and the Arc machine. Last year, won my division, this year 8th (19 in div and about 750 overall) and 15 minutes slower. But, I will call this a 5 mile PR for running with a bum knee.
Prerace stuff, same anxiety as always before a race start, go figure, slow or fast, anxiety is a good think when you are trying your best. We boarded one of the first buses and arrived at the staging area over an hour early. So, we hiked Negro Bill's Canyon. It was a fun hike along the creek. As we were about 100 yrds away, coming back, we could hear last call for clothes bags. No running warmup, save those precious steps for the race.
The start - Sylvie had us crowd to 6 rows back. I felt guilty considering my likely finish, well, not that guilty. Rather than clog up any runners behind me, ran about as fast as I could for a couple hundred yards and then settled into a pace. Coaching someone while running: as I approached the "hill" maybe 200 yards long, I could hear an older gentlement coaching, I assume, his daughter, shorten you stride, keep up the same pace, you will pass these runners on the downhill. His advice would not work for me, I ran the hill as hard as I could and passed about 40 runners. My pace is slower on the downhill because of the knee.
The next amusement: I am sure everyone, especially back in the packers, have experienced this one. An older lady, about my age and a young girl, I would guess about 15, kept passing and then stopping to walk. Whenever they walked I would pass them back. After about three of these passings, I started to encourgement them not to walk. It did not work, they both kept running and walking, I wondered if Jeff Galloway was in the race. Anyway, both of them ran out of gas at about the 4 miler mark and did not pass me again.
The next amusement: put in a nickle and get a quarter - a lady was wearing a NYC marathon shirt, really laboring, as I went by her I said comeon, this is no way tougher than the NYC marathon. That comment really put fuel in her tank for about a half mile, she stayed with me (huffing and puffing) and told me about her 1992 NYC marathon. I looked for her after the race to give her a high five, could not find her.
Race Goal: I really wanted to break 50 minutes, I know, not much of a goal. At mile 4, 22 seconds behind pace. Ran a 9:27 last mile thanks to the last half mile up hill, goal met.
After thoughts about the race - I am 13 pounds heavier than last year, contributed to the slower pace and have not put in enough training. My next goal is to break 9 minute miles next month at the Odgen Marathon day 5K.
Fun in the sun, we went to Arches both saturday and today hiking to several arches. We chatted with several runners during the hike a got a couple of good high fives.
It was a fun adventure and did not blow up my running ego. Sylvie had a very solid race placing third in her division. Her goal is another St.George rock plaque, being in the top 8 in her divisioin.
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