| 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 | | 58.00 | 11.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 70.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
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12 Miles in 1:49 with my co-worker and fellow FRB'r, Dave, on a hot, hot, hot Monday in Little Rock. We're looking at triple digit heat with a 110 Heat Index today. And people actually question why Dave, Kevin, and I get up so early? Self preservation.
I have discovered my true love--a love that may have existed before I was even aware of it: heavy, consistent mileage, growing stronger each mile (and each day). And I was surprised by joy, if you will. I've always embraced the discipline necessary to be a committed distance runner, but the passion was and is missing at the shorter distances. Even the shorter training runs...but the rhythm, energy, and spiritual connection I feel when going long...makes me strong. And gives me peace.
Wesley |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.50 |
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am: 2 Easy Miles followed by 4 Miles in 26:30 (MP) on treadmill set to 1.0 incline. Not a lot of time this morning with a hearing scheduled at 9:30 am, but I had a lot of spring in my legs. Ran light and free, and MP felt easier than it had in weeks. Lots of clarity...running and otherwise.
pm: 8.5 Miles in 1:07, between 8:00 and 7:41 pace.
Total: 14.5 Total Miles.
Wesley
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 10.00 |
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am: Heaven is for real...61 degrees and cool in lovely Little Rock, Arkansas. Unfortunately, because I forgot to reset my phone alarm for 4:30 am rather than 5:00 am (when I got up), I only was able to get in 7 Miles before showering and running to an 8:00 am meeting (I generally do not count "running" to meetings toward my mileage). I had told Dave to go ahead and get started at 5:30, and I started around 6:15 and ran pretty quickly to the 3.5 mile mark on the River Trail; turned around and ran the final 3.5 Miles of Dave's 11 miler.
pm: 3 Miles in 22:00, including 4X200m striders at sub-6:00 pace.
Wesley |
| Night Sleep Time: 4.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 11 Miles along the River Trail on a morning creeping toward the mid-80s by the end of the run at 7:15 am. Forecast calls for 105 today! Ran the first six miles and last mile with my buddy, Dave. Of course, I had planned to run the entire eleven-miler with Dave, but at Mile 6, I remembered leaving my keys in the bathroom at the tornaround, so I had to back-track a quarter of mile. I then amped it up a little in an attemp to catch Dave, who continued running after I insisted. I didn't catch him ubtil we hit the Broadway Bridge, just under a mile from our office. I continue to be so impressed with Dave's committment and dedication to his craft. Wesley |
| Night Sleep Time: 4.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| 6.5 Easy Peasy Miles on another hot hot hot one in the Natural State. Hate to think what August will be like! Got to keep it rolling though; make progress, grow stronger; what else? Wesley |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| Half-Mile warm-up down my parents' driveway; 15 Miles in 1:54:22 traveling west into Lake Catherine State Park, turning around at Visitors' Center near campground and heading back east; half-mile cool-down for 16 Total Miles. It was a hot one, 104 degrees with the index approaching 110. After finishing off my electrolyte drink at Mile 8, it was touch and go...actually jumped into a creek near Mile 12 to get my body temperature down. It felt awesome, and frankly, I wanted time to stop for a while--freeze that moment--but alas, I got out and ran the final 4 Miles relatively refreshed (and safe). Wesley |
| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 58.00 | 11.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 70.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 31.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 31.00 | |
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