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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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No miles today, spent part the day surfing the net about hamstring problems.  I hit on a couple of great articles to include exercises from Peak Performance.  It all makes sense and hit me to a tee.  Completed the exercises.  The legs seem ok except for the hamstring soreness.  It does not feel like a tear or anything serious and the leg handled the excercises fine.  I was surprised to see my running buddy Brett finished ahead of his prime rival who has beat him the last 6 marathons. 

Real interesting point in the article, slowinng down with hamstring fatigue.  This seeems to fit my situation, I am positive that an aggressive pursuit of the problem over the next four weeks should help for the Ogden marathon.   

Lastly, it was great to read the race lore of the top runners on the blog: Sasha, Steve, Chad, Bill, etc.  It is much like sitting around the camp fire.  Much can be learned by reading their comments.  (comment to go away with today, only recover for 200 meters, between 400 meter repeats to boost the body's ability to recover from latic acid, Sasha comment).  5 to 7 seconds per mile may make the difference between placing at St. George. 

Thanks for the comments of encouragement from Steve, Maria and Andy.

 

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Easy run, test the hamstring, slight twitch, stretching and strengthing exercises helping.  A few more easy days of running before any hill work of speed work. 

 

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Early morning run, trying to get some spirit back in my legs, some smooth patches during the run, some not so smooth.  Teadmill two miles at lunch, ran with an ipod for the first time, good for a treadmill.  I could still not use it outside. 

Big bruise from the hamstring pull just above my right knee on the back of the leg.  I am really concerned, two marathons in a row with a hamstring pull.  I hope all the excercises will help.  I really need a good warmup routine that only takes about 5 minutes. 

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Tempo/threshold:  7:15 pace for three  miles and three miles easy.  Hamstrings still tight, but feeling better. 

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