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White River Marathon for Kenya

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Member Since:

Oct 19, 2010

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.0028.221.001.0051.22
Night Sleep Time: 27.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 27.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 Easy Miles on a warm and windy Monday morning to start Race Week. 

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.002.001.000.008.00

1 Easy Mile followed by 2 Miles at 6:27/mile (Target MP) and 1 Mile at 6:10 (Tempo/HMP); 4 Easy Miles with four striders to cool down and stretch out.  

Rainy and slick on a mild morning of 61 degrees; opted not to wear my Brooks Green Silence given the weather, but I'm still considering strapping them on for race day.  

Wesley 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.001.005.00

1 Easy Mile to warm-up followed by 4X400m repeats at 5:39 on treadmill set to 1.0 incline; quarter-mile easy jog to recover after each repeat and 2 Easy Miles to cool-down. 

5 Total Miles.

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 Easy Miles on a cold morning in my neighborhood.  

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Race: White River Marathon for Kenya (26.22 Miles) 03:04:21, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.0026.220.000.0027.22

Trained hard, tapered well, ran poorly.  My official time of 3:04:21 (7:02) was good enough for fifth overall and first in my age group in a field of just under 200 marathoners, but I am a little disheartened after another undisciplined and underwhelming performance. 

Again, like the Country Music Marathon back in April, I started too fast, running with a large group of halfers at between 6:10 and 6:20 for the first 10 Miles or so.  At some point early in the race, enjoying the company of the younger halfers, I convinced myself I could hold my tempo/half pace for the entire race, but my pace started sliding at Mile 14, and I could not get it back after both shoulders tightened up badly (this has never happened before, and I'm still at a loss).  With a 15-20 mph headwind during the last 6 Miles, it was challenging physically and mentally. 

That said, my Dad, wife, and I had a great trip up to lovely Cotter, Arkansas, near Mountain Home, where we stayed in a charming little rent house 1.5 miles from the starting line.  My wife headed to Branson, Missouri for some shopping on the morning of the race, and Dad and I enjoyed homemade potato soup, chicken enchilada soup, and chilli after the race before watching the first part of the Razorbacks game on TV back at the rent house.

My Dad, in his second full marathon, ran a PR of 3:43 and finished fourth in his age group.  And this despite some pretty significant soreness in his back during race week.  He's a fighter, and he ran hard and strong on a day when he didn't feel his best. 

Wesley   

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.0028.221.001.0051.22
Night Sleep Time: 27.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 27.00
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