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Sleeping Bear Marathon

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Member Since:

Oct 19, 2010

Gender:

Male

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Running Accomplishments:

Arkansas Traveller 100: 1st Place; October 7, 2017

Arkansas Traveller 100: 1st Place; October 1, 2016

Arkansas Traveller 100: 15:36:33, 1st Place (Course Record);  October 3, 2015

Arkansas Traveller 100: 15:59:12, 1st Place; October 4, 2014 

War Eagle Tail Twister 50K: 4:07:12, 2nd Place; June 3, 2017

2017 New York City Marathon: 2:53:59; November 5, 2017

2013 Boston Marathon: 2:59:11; April 1, 2013

PR, Sleeping Bear Marathon: 2:45:41, 1st Place; October 7, 2012

PR, Soaring Wings Half Marathon: 1:20:33, 8th Place; October 29, 2011

Personal:

Pride necessarily sprouts and grows; a pride that can only come from relentless kneading of unwilling flesh, painful months of grinding and burning away all that is heavy, all that is strength-sapping and useless to the body as a projectile. --John L. Parker, Jr., runner/author

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Sun, Oct 07, 2012
Race: Sleeping Bear Marathon (26.22 Miles) 02:45:42, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Empire, Mighigan, 41 degrees, intermittent hail.  

One of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.  

The inaugural Sleeping Bear Marathon featured an out-and-back course along the scenic drive overlooking Lake Michigan and the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes, which I will be climbing this afternoon with my fiance, Diana, who has been an amazing tour guide all weekend.  

I ran with the pace cyclist from start to finish, and we very much enjoyed ourselves.  My time of 2:45:42 bests my previous PR (March 2012 LR Marathon) by over 6 minutes.  Of course, it being the inaugural race, I now hold the course record (at least for a year)!

As I lay in the Empire B&B eating chex mix and drinking a Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat, I am relaxed and perfectly content.

A good morning, and a great afternoon to come.

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 09:53:06 from 24.10.249.165

Wow Wesley! I don't know what else to say.

From Daniel Brunson on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 09:55:36 from 68.14.174.169

Great job Wesley! Way to rock it. Enjoy your day.

From jtshad on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 11:14:50 from 64.199.195.2

Congrats on the win and a great time and new PR! Pretty cool to be a marathon champion!

From Andrea on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 11:41:35 from 67.177.11.154

Awesome! Huge PR and course record. Have fun at the sand dunes!

From Jake K on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 12:12:00 from 67.177.11.154

That's awesome Wesley! Congrats!

From Bret on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 18:16:20 from 96.228.167.228

Congratulations Wesley - on the win and the PR - very impressive.

From DaveM on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 19:07:26 from 68.51.40.24

Congratulations! What an adrenaline rush! Now Diana has shared your experience and can appreciate why you love to run. And running is just one of many things that you do extremely well!

From Adam RW on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 20:40:42 from 67.182.250.241

Hail and a win. Can't beat that. Nice job.

From Wesley Hunt on Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 22:17:14 from 74.82.64.160

Rob - That's how I feel!

Jeff - Very cool, and one of my racing goals...

Dave - Couldn't have gotten to 2:45 without your support and disciplined approach to training.

Adam - When the hail started falling, I just pictured myself as Rocky training in Russia before restoring US pride and defeating Drago.

All - FRB support has been such a blessing the last two years. Thanks so much for the kind words.

Check out the link to the article in the Traverse City, Michigan newspaper:

http://m.record-eagle.com/TRE/pm_104245/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=wyts1Y8Z

Wesley

From ACorn on Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 16:01:24 from 24.2.76.146

Just saw this. Very impressive! Congrats on a great race.

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