| 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 | | 128.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 130.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 4.00 |
| 4 Miles on a nice, but humid morning around the loop at the neighborhood park; 4 striders; 6 pancakes immediately after. Also walked to and from church twice, chased my kids around the house, and raked leaves for an hour or so. Wesley
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 10.00 |
| 9 Miles in 70 minutes on TM; 4 striders.
10 Total Miles including one-mile commute.
Wesley
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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 |
| 5 Miles on a warm and humid afternoon in the low 80s on the grass along the outside of the one-third mile loop around the neighborhood park. 6 Total Miles including one-mile commute. Wesley |
| 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 | | 9.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 10.00 |
| 9 Easy Miles in 76:00 on TM; 4 strider.
10 Total Miles including one-mile commute.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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Arkansas Traveler 100 (100 Miles) 18:06:42, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100.00 |
| I enjoyed the experience of running the 23rd Annual Arkansas Traveler 100 (AT100), held by the Arkansas Ultra-Runners Association, in the scenic Ouachita National Forest. Executing my strategy and running smart in the wind and whipping rain (and sleet briefly), I traded leads with winner, Brock Hime, from Mile 33 onward. This was a classic, two-man race, and Brock's performance was very impressive. The guy is all guts. Picking up a fresh pacer at Mile 68, Brock caught-up to me at Mile 75 as darkness approached (I had passed him at Mile 65 by pushing hard on a 20-mile stretch of well-maintained service roads). Though I maintained contact with Brock, this former cross country runner (University of Arkansas at Little Rock) pushed hard every time I pulled within 200 yards. In a last ditch effort, I went stealth, turned off my headlamp and flashlight, and gave everything I had on the final mile of pavement (1 of the 2.4 total miles of pavement on the course). The end result was the closest AT100 in the history of the race, and by a longshot. We finished just over one minute apart, over 2.5 hours ahead of the field, which included multiple former AT100 winners and runners-up. I cannot end this post without thanking my amazing crew, my Mom and Dad; my beautiful, dedicated wife, Diana, who supported this insane idea; my brother, who provided sound advice throughout my training and acted as a sounding board for race planning and strategy; and my good friend and running partner, Dave, whose discipline and commitment to running is inspiring, and who met me at the finish line with a cold beer. Wesley |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 128.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 130.00 |
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