| 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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| Spin bike 90 minutes, Nordi Trak 30 minutes. Looks like a wonderful easter day outside. I hope to find a few easter eggs. Stay Kool, Bunny, B of BS Rools out |
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Arc machine 84 minutes - 1,000 calories burned. The moon had something to say?
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Spin 30 minutes, 10.3 miles - Arc Machine 60 minutes, avg HR 137, calories burned 937. The Arch can be a butt kicker, if you want. More butt kicking ahead.
Running note, cannot decide whether to run the half this weekend, the 5K or the bike tour. I will likely do the half. The downhill from Foot Hill Blv to sugar house park gives me concern with the knee. I may walk the downhill portion. I wish the race were all uphill.
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Spin 1 hour, upper body circuit weights - long long gone day -
Brick in the morning, without the mortar or hair spray.
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Arc again, 60 minutes. I have decided to run the half marathon on saturday. The mental part of running slow, I have just not wrapped my mind around being far back in the pack after 30 years on being in the top 10%. I need to get past this, just enjoy the day. Funny thing, I can train as hard as I like on the bike or Arc trainer and it does not bother the knee.
I will have some cheese with my whine please.
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30 minutes spin, light effort, upper body circuit weights.
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The week before the race, debated whether to run the 5K, bike tour or the half marathon. The half marathon was a wake up call. Sylvie (I knew you would run the half)
We woke to the alarming sounds of John Mayall, had a banana and ocean spray energy drink. B and S have got ready for likely a 200 races over the years and we have never forgot a timing chip. This morning, Sylvie forgot her chip, we were already at 4th south, turned around and went back to Murray. By the time we arrived, hard time finding parking, on the last trak to the start. The race started as we throwing our clothing bags. Sylvie had to make a pit stop and we hurried to join the crowd of runners. We crossed the start 3 or 4 minutes late, all in fun.
The walk up call - regarding cross-training, cross train all you want, darn difficult to run a half marathon without running. This was my 5th run of the year, 3 have been races.
The start was crazy crowded - no chance of seeing Devine or Kelli, they were long gone. Ran with Sylvie about 1/4 mile and she was off to the races, weaving / ducking, getting around runners. The race did not really thin out, I was always with runners. This surprised me with the slow pace. I ran the first 11 miles without stopping, this inlcuded running on the grass when available and on the word chips in liberty park. The cement "pavement" was really a killer on the knee. I am likely the only runner who was slower on the down hill than the uphill.
Shorts: enjoyed being part of the race; missed being in great shape and pusing the pace and; really enjoyed feeling the sense of accomplishment. Will this be my last race? who knows, said the same thing at St.George last year.
Laughing, how many times have you laughed in a race. A woman and her daugher were running my pace, they would run, walk and run again, I would pass them when they were walking. After several miles of this hip hop, were we headed up the last hill before the left run, the young girl was a character, kept asking her mother during the race if she looked like hell, her mother would say no. I decided to pass as many runners as possible in the last block (hill) before the left turn, as I was just behind the mother/daughter, she said do I look like hell, he mother answered no, I said yes a split second after her mother, it got quite a laugh out of several runners. The girl laughed also.
The supporters were great, I got a couple of shout outs for the old guy, kind of funny, I don't think I'm old. No tales of PRs or mad dashes to the finish, did have a kick left and passed a few runners.
Sylvie ran 1:57, she was not happy with the time and felt she could have been a few minutes faster if we had not got stuck behind the crowd.
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