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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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Run from State Capital, up city creek 3 and1/2 miles.  Good effort up, smooth coming down. 

 

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Morning run, 4:45 a.m., 8 miles, two short hill killers during the run.  Lunch time run on the treadmill with some stretching and riding the bike.  I threw in a 1/2 mile at 6:12 pace.

Legs feeling in better shape. 

 

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5 a.m. Run, rain/snow, wet trail today, Gortex good, shoes wet, I want summer. 

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Treadmill, 1 mile warmup,  6 miles at a 7:19 pace, 1% grade.  1 mile cool down 8:20 pace.

Heart rate avg. 161 during the 6 miles.  Heart rate usually at about 138 to 140 on easy runs.

I am not sure on how to measure this workout, somewhat short of all out race pace, between a tempo run and a threshold run.   My most recent 10K was at a 7:31 pace.  It is nice to see some improvement.  No taper for this workout.  My goal, complete this same workout at 7 minute mile pace before the Ogden marathon. 

 

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Easy, easy, run, my excitement from yesterday's run has been tempered by the heavy legs today.  The run felt like the death march at the end of some marathons, Disney World 2006 comes to mind.

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From home, south along the parkway to 700 west and home.  Salt Lake Running Co. doing a teaser run for the SL Marathon, many runners on the trail today.  I am running the SL Marathon, so, I took gatorade, cliff shots, blocks along the course.  What the heck, they were free and there was no charge for running.  Started the run with some shoes I am not quite happy with, different model year that my Nike Air Zoom Elites, I could just not get with it.  Stopped and home, changed shoes to another model year of Zoom Elites.  This year did not have good cushon in the shoe, ran 4 miles with Sylvia and Sammy and then we dropped off Sammy at home.  I changed shoes again to my favorite year of Zoom Elites.  Although this pair has over 300 miles on them, ran much better the last 7 miles of the run.

Lesson learned, chuck the two pair of shoes I don't like, don't risk injury.  I have 6 more pair of the model year I like in the closet, about 1 and 1/2 years of running.  To make a long story short, chuck the shoes, don't risk injury.

It is difficult to determine my condition for the SL marathon.  I hope the half marathon in Eden next week will give me a better indicator to plan my pace at the marathon. 

Lastly, Sylvia is great, she really motivates me on days where I may give up after a dozen miles.  She is the best. 

P.S. three tri-geeks passed me at the7 mile mark, Rob, said hi, I could not let these three sporters pass me that easy, picked up the pace, passed them and held on for another mile.  I may have not been smart to throw in a 7 mininute mile for me during the long run.

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