| 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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Early morning run, seen 5 runners and one walker, dead rat, horse poop and a blue winged duck. 50 crunches, working on 250, maybe weights, maybe not, feel lazy, have energy, maybe not, left once a runner in Cameron's backpack, don't like reading two books, one at a time, grandson stayed over last night and is fasinated with my Nascar collection, 12th annv today, brunch, less than one liners, Utes Win, at the end again.
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My youngest grandson, Tristan, 8 months old, gave me a kiss unexpectedly, cute, loves to play, laughts at all my funny faces, what is he really thinking? Life is grand, wish a had a few grand.
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Spin spin, spun, 1 hour, music rocking - circuit weights -
Chitter Chatter - talked with Sheldon and Colleen, both running Stg. We are in similar boats, Colleen much the same knee issues as me, and Sheldon struggling with injuries over the last 5 to 6 years. Sheldon has found peace with Chi running, no watch, relying on staying the moment relazed. Colleen's last long run was with me, 14 miles, she will do well if her body holds up. I'm not sure if it is sad, relief, running in a different mental place, we have all had our many years of competitive running, getting over injuries, etc. This will be Sheldon's 10th, Colleen's 8th and my 17th. We do not feel like old geezers, still young at heart. Realized, always run STG body willing, the kindred spirit of running cannot be denied.
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More Chatter - talked with Brett, got him running marathons 13 years ago, we laughed and talked about old running times, no guts no glory, days of just going for it, not worrying about bombing, if all goes well great marathon, if not, when is the next marathon?
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Nice Easy than nice easy run - new shoes, nice new non-tie laces, nice morning, nice temps, just peachy morning.
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St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:48:35 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
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Pre-Race Thoughts – This may be the STG swan song, make it a good one. Pin on a number, do your best that day. (17th STG and 37th marathon)
Post Race Thoughts – Forget the swan song, train smarter next year, work harder, looking forward. Goals: I had joked about finishing before dark, some truth in the joke considering the situation. My real goals were: do my best, beat last year’s time and have fun. (Post knee surgery PR and beat last year by 53 minutes)
Bus ride in the dark – normally, much anxiety about the race, none this year, just see what the race brings. Sylvie really helped keeping the mind in line, saying you can break 5 hours, you can do it, etc. so nice to have a supportive running partner.
Bond fire – nice time chatting with a couple of runners from Texas, first timers, really nervous. Ran into Kim and Tom taking clothing bags, talked to old running buddy Bruce and his wife running her first marathon (she told me 5 years ago how much see hated running) go figure.
The Start – wow, we were not 30 seconds lined up and the start was off, thousands of strong running soles headed off to a distant finish line. It took all of 15 seconds for Sylvie to fade into the darkness ahead of me, wished her well on her quest.
Splits - Now, mile splits have no meaning, my thinking was in terms of how to manage this race, less impact on the knee, maximize strengths, chi when possible, keep replenished and stay focused. Well, did notice 2:15 split at half, the clock. The next split was the clock at 20 and 25, realized at mile 20 that breaking 5 hours may be possible.
Runner Encounters of the Third Kind – Colleen (fastest shuffler stride ever, passed me at mile three) ran a 3:59 at age 61, Sheldon (soon to be Chi instructor, running his 10th STG) and Hal the crazy Buffalo runner. It was nice to run a couple minutes with each of them.
Race Management – 8 (gu, cliff shot and Excel Gel) total, two bananas, Gatorade every stop) good energy. The knee; ran about 5 miles of the race off the left side of the road in the dirt, really helped on portions of the downhill. Almost 5 hours may seem like a long time to be running, funny thing, the miles flew by, don’t know why, just enjoyed the race. Maybe it’s a good thing, maybe this is the last one, really gives you a sense of satisfaction to “just do it”.
Post Race – chatted with Brett and his daughter, superfly and s few other runners. I could hardly walk, too exhausted, left for food and rest.
10-Year Club Banquet – Hear my name, Queen Josse calling to one of her loyal subjects, big smile, she ran a great race and a PR. The banquet was fun, talked to Cheryl, STG PR, she earned it with all those hard workouts.
Sylvie ran a 4:12, was not her day, still gave it her best.
Lastly, enjoy these marathons, they are truly precious challenges.
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(BS Rools can not resist having a little fun) when the 4:30 pacing group caught me at 18 miles, ran with them for a couple of minutes and led them in a running chant:
I don't know, but, I just heard
Here comes the 4:30 running herd
Sound off: several counter off, 1, 2, 3
What are we running for: I don't know and I don't give a darn
The next stop is St.George finsish barn
The pacing group leader laughed.
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