| 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 | | 153.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 154.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 40.50 | Nap Time: 5.50 | Total Sleep Time: 46.00 | |
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| 8 Miles in 62:50 in the middle of a hot afternoon. After a family grocery shopping outing, Diana dropped me off at the base of Cantrell hill where I hopped on the River Trail to Overlook, up which I power-hiked, before working my way back home through Camack and the Heights. I ran flat Miles 1-4 comfortably at sub-7:00 before taking it easy through the hills (only because I'm tapering!).
10 Total Miles including two-mile walk with family this morning.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 Miles commuting and walking with my son, Evan.
Wrsley
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 |
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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 |
| 10 Miles in 77 mins on TM.
12 Total Miles including 2 Miles commuting.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 12.00 |
| AM: 8 Miles in 62 mins on TM; 4 striders.
PM: 2 Miles walking on TM at 2.0 incline.
Total: 12 Miles including 2 Miles commuting.
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 | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 8 Miles in 64 mins on TM.
10 Total 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 | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 2 Miles walking around Leadville, Colorado with my Dad, a.k.a. "crew chief" and entire crew for tomorrow's Leadville Trail 100.
Hay's in the barn. Ready to roll.
Wesley
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Leadville Trail 100 (100 Miles) 24:49:43, Place overall: 72, Place in age division: 63 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 104.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 104.00 |
| It was a beautiful day to run. With my Dad on board to crew me throughout the day(s), I was confident in a race strategy that played to my strengths on the more runnable sections of the course. From the start in downtown Leadville through the Twin Lakes Aid Station at Mile 39.5, we executed the plan, and I came in at 6:24, about 30 minutes off the leaders, as I prepared for the back-to-back 3,000' climbs up to Hope Pass at 12,600'. Of course, I knew going in that my "power-hiking" was more of a slog than a hike, but I was still feeling pretty confident back at Twin Lakes (inbound), Mile 61, in 13:11. My Dad, who was awesome all day, set me up for a strong finish with dry socks, shoes, and two sandwiches.
Then, inexplicably given how well the course was marked, on the way up to Mt. Elbert around Mile 63, I turned the wrong way on the Colorado Trail, added 4 Miles, and lost a lot physcially and even more mentally. With darkness approaching and no headlamp, I was fortunate to fall in with a couple of runners who pulled me in to the next aid station at Mile 75.5. My Dad did everything he could to keep my spirits up, encouraging me to enjoy the latter miles and not ruminate on the added distance/time. Over the course of the final miles, I fought through an upset stomach and chills, learned a lot about basic human kindness from other runners, and pulled myself out of a very dark place to finish in sub-25 hours, earning the big gold buckle.
Wesley
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 153.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 154.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 40.50 | Nap Time: 5.50 | Total Sleep Time: 46.00 | |
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