| 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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Break of day, 3 miles along the Jordan river trail, jumping and dodging mud puddles. Just so darn nice to get out and run. Bought a compression sleeve for the calf on saturday, expensive. But, it did help, managed the miles without much effort. Goal, start my buildup for St.George. As I cannot pound out the miles on the pavement, the buildup will include many hours of Acqa jogging and running on dirt.
84 minutes on the spin bike watching ESPN, Sylvie says I have ESPN? What does that mean. I may hit the pool later today if time permits.
Hit the pool - 1,100 yards, stop every 25 yards and rest, swimming is so much practice of form. My back stroke faster than free style. 100 yards backstroke, 350 with float for plaining. It seems that I had about 3 good lenghts of the pool where I felt like I was swimming downhill. So many things to remember.
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Grandson tending adventure: we made brownies together, went to yard sales where Sylvie bought him a spider man, he missed me when I went swimming, he likes nothing spicy on his food, does not flush the toilet and many other kid type things.
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Spin, 84 minutes, lite day - Hope to Run and Swim in the morning.
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| 5 a.m, swim, 1250 yrds, time trial for the 300 yrd swim, 10:28. In comparison, my Tri-coach can swim the 300 yrds in 6 minutes. Spin class with Sylvie after work, good hard workout. Calf feeling better, will not run until the race on saturday. Trepedation, anxiety, doubt? Minor pangs about my first Tri on saturday. It is almost like running my first race? Not quite, but, the swim thing is just not giving me a warm and fuzzy. I have done a duathlon, run, ride, run this last Feb in St. George. Ramble on, I'm sure many of the WBR runners have a few pangs. Stay Kool, Water Loves Me, B of BS Rools out |
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Spin 1 hour, easy day, good luck WBRers.
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RE = Born = Brent - Every day is such an adventure, much of the of the world is missing running, riding a bike, breathing working, feeling alive, setting goals and sharing the adventures. What a great blog.
Today's adventure: Your not going to believe it! I have ESPN (ESP for non-sports fans) - for the last couple of months, I have guessed the length of Sylvie's runs, 19 out of 20 times. Well I put my ESPN to the test today. We had a company party with a drawing for severl prizes, one of the prizes was a $150 IPOD Nano. Before the drawing I pointed to the Nano and told everyone arouand I was going to win it. I concentrated (or hoped), I won out of 800 people and over 25 prizes, I won, so darn excited. Neeedless to say, several asked me to apply my magic powers for them, sorry, only works for me. I know, just dumb luck, but, pretty darn KooL.
After party celebration, me and Dianamal (my Tri-coach) went for 34 mile bike ride out to the Salt Air Marina and back. We happened to pass a pond where a dead body was being pulled out, a raver missing from last friday night, sorry thing. It was a perfect day, we took turns taking the lead and drafting. On the way back, I could see a biker about 3/4ths of a mile in front of us, did a mini time trial, 23.5 mph hour and caught him in three miles and left my Tri-coach in the dust. She said she thought she was bonking when I left her, no, just a short time trial. She may have been still recovering from her Tri at deer creek last weekend.
Major taper day on friday, my first Tri should be a challenge and fun.
Thanks for all the support. Stay Kool, Breath Hard, B of BS Rools out
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Easy taper bike ride. nice day.
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Deseret Shark Sprint Triathlon (15 Miles) 01:20:36, Place overall: 55, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 7.10 |
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Completed my first triathlon this moring. 300 yard swim, 11.6 mile bike ride and a 5K.
300 yard swim: 11:20
Swim to Bike Transistion: 1:59
Bike: 38:46 (includes the transistion to the run)
Run - 28:30
Total time 1:20:36 - 55th out of 181
Pre-Race - Getting ready for a Tri-about 2 times the gear, not counting the bike, logistices is a significant part of the race. First thing to go crazy, went to pump up my tires this morning, the $60 pump broke, less than a year old. In a panic, took my race bike and mountain bike as a backup. Good thing, Cyclesmith bike shop was there offering assistance. Triathlons can we won or lost in transistion. Bike shoes, running shoes, shirt, sun glasses, helmet, race number have to be layed out just right for maximum efficiency (John, thanks for the tips).
The weather, rained off and on with wind before, during and after the race, will talk about the weather more.
Swim or Sink: How many times at a race are you on your honor to start according to your time? Many times, how many runners really pay attention to this minor detail. The swim, we were on our honor for the time trial start, a swimmer left every 5 seconds and you were on your honor to seat yourself accordingly. I chose 11 minutes, missed my estimated time by 20 seconds. Many swimmers mis-judged their speed, it was minor chaos as 5 swimmers at one time were snaking up and down in the same lane all bunched together, Newbie was worried. As my turn can to jump and swim, I panicked, went out too fast the first 50 yrds, not wanting to end up at the bottom of the pool by swimmers taking me down. I swam the rest of the laps backstroke. Sylvie was yelling, giving me encouragement.
Swim to Bike Transistion: I was dead dog tired after the swim, almost didn't have enough energy to lift myself out of the pool. I ran to my bike, sat down to put on my bike shoes and rolled straight back from being dead dog tired, quickly recovered and made it out on the bike.
Negative swim road kill: 3
Bike or Bust: The bike was my chance to gain time and pass, passed 30 or more bikers, going like crazy rider. It took about 1 mile for my legs to get with it after the swim and the crusade was on. no one passed me, no surprise, they were virtually all ahead of me. The wipers on my glasses were broke, it was a downpour durning one section by the freeway. There were a few sections were the wet road made the course scary. My bike time was 14th out of 65 male bikers, not counting clydedales. Positive road kill 30 or more.
Run: heading out on the run, my Tri-coach Diananal, president of the Deseret Shark Tri-club, annouced Brent as Tri-newbie. The run started at the top of a bluff, Riverbend golf course and switch backed to the river bottom, good downhill section. My legs were tired, but, no problem running the 5K, no knee issues, just slow. As I started back up the switch backs, I could see and hear Sylvie yelling encouragement from the top of the hill. The hill was not Veyo, but, every hill seems tough when your tired. Crossing the finish line, Di announced that we now have a new Triathlete. She then asked me to come to the mike a say a few words, I said very few words: sink, ride and run. 2 runners passed me, passed one back and passed another 5. Positive road kill 5.
First in Div. got a medal, hat, speed laces.
After thoughts: it was fun, harder than expected, my swim needs much improvement if I am going to be competitive and swim open water. My running needs improvement, my biking is strong.
Sylvie: thanks for your support, yelling, standing in the rain, helping me with gear, etc.
Stay Kool, next Tri? Aug 1st, B of BS Rools out
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