| Member Since: Oct 19, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other 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 Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 73.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 80.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 6 Miles, including 10X100m striders at Scott Field track.
8 Total Miles including 2 Miles walking to and from church and at the park.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 11 Miles in 84 mins on TM.
12 Total Miles including one-mile commute.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 8 Miles with Dave along the River Trail on a nice day around 73 degrees. Ran untimed and felt good picking up pace to sub-7:00 for 5-6 Miles.
12 Total Miles including 4 Miles walking (TM, commute, and park).
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 6 Miles in 48 mins on TM.
8 Miles including 2 Miles commuting/walking.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 4 Miles in 31 mins on TM; 4 striders.
6 Total Miles including 2 Miles commuting/walking.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 2 Miles walking on TM and a few minutes in sauna.
Took it really easy this week, and I'm hopeful my legs will respond favorably during tomorrow's War Eagle 50K in NW Arkansas. Lots of good runners registered, and I expect the pace to be fast.
3 Total Miles including one-mile commute.
Wesley
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War Eagle Tailtwister 50K (31 Miles) 04:18:39, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 31.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.00 |
| Arrived in Rogers, Arkansas late last night for the War Eagle Trail Runs, Tailtwister 50K, in Hobbs State Park.
The race was scheduled for a 6:30 am start, but a shuttle shortage (to the start line) caused a bit of a delay, and we got things kicked off a little after 7:00 am. I jumped out to an early lead on some beautiful, rolling singletrack trails winding through the State Park. Alone in the lead all day - a hot one with temps in the 80s and 100% humidity - I was fading a bit after the final aid station, with a couple of miles to go, but I continued to push as hard as possible with no idea whether anyone was in striking distance. She was.
Jenn Shelton passed me on the final climb less than a mile from the finish line. It was an incredible surge, as I could only watch while she crushed the hardest climb of the day. At this point of the race, I was simply trying to hold on and survive.
It really was a thing of beauty, and I learned shortly after the race that Jenn had passed the second place male (third overall), Justin Fanklin, on the final descent shortly before she locked in on me after discovering (from a photographer) that I was close. In fact, I was fortunate to hold off Justin, a good dude with whom I enjoyed visiting after the race.
This was a great day, and I want to commend my Dad for toughing out the rough conditions and completing his first 50K. His quads are thrashed from the descents, but Mark has a lot to be proud of after coming in just over 6 hours as the fourth 50+ finisher.
I ran 4:18:39, 9 minutes off the course record and exactly one minute behind the winner, Jenn Shelton.
Wesley
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 73.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 80.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 47.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 47.50 | |
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