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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
24.7027.700.000.000.0052.40
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8.000.000.000.000.008.00

Nice morning, real easy run, woodpeckers pecking, dogs runing, ducks a quacking, kind of a listen to nature day, stop and smell the roses. 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Early run, easy, nice morning, taper mode. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.701.500.000.000.006.20

Easy run with 6 x 200 yards at marathon pace.  Legs felt ok, shoes are on there last leg, 500+ miles.  The shoes may be going south.

B of BS Rools out

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Easy, taper run, early morning, stuffed myself with pancakes after the run, the old carbo load. 

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Last taper run, treadmill, 8:15 pace, HR 136

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Race: Salt Lake Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:50:22
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.0026.200.000.000.0026.20

It hard to make an entry today, race did not turn out as desired or expected.  Myself, and two runner buddies, Brett and Frank, decided we were going to try and run just under and 3:30.  The race started fine, we moved up towards the front at the start and got off very smooth.  After the first 8 miles were were right on 8 minute miles.  On the way up the second up two uphill stretches, 15th to 20th East and the second 20th to 23rd East, my right hamstring really felt tight.  I decided to back off going up the hill catch back to them after we turned right on 23rd east.  After the turn I caught back up with them for a short time, the Cliff 3:30 pacing group caught us, the group was going at about a 7:45 pace, Frank and Brett went with the group.  My hamstring was starting to get tight.  I decided to back off the pace just a little and hopefully get past the issue.  At half way,  !:45 45.  The leg was not getting better.  At about mile 16, had to pull up and try to strech and massage the hamstring, pulled up again, 3 more times.  I finally took a long stop and did some longer streches.  At this point I could shuffle/run somewhat, stiff legged on the right leg.  Anyway, it was a beautiful day and I decided to jog/hobble in the finish and make lemonade of of a lemon run.  The last ten miles, I don't know the running pace because of the stops.  But, I did take the opportunity to visit with several runners, Indiana, Idaho, Provo, etc.  The most interesting runner was a young lady I named dynomite.  She look real fit, small of stature.  She stopped at every water stop and walked, I caught her while she was walking and encourged her (dynomite).  She really appreciated the words of encouragement. 

To make a long story short, maybe trying to run good marathon time is just not for me anymore, run them for fun, and race other distances.  It seems as I have got older I do much better at half marathons, 5Ks.

So much for the whining, I need to quickly get recovered for the Ogden marathon, I am going to break 3:30 and have fun.  I will call the phsical therapist on monday.

Syliva ran a 1:53 int he half marathon, improved her Striders half marathon time by 3 minutes, she is on the upswing. 

 

 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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