| 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 | | 368.50 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 | 383.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 155.00 | Nap Time: 5.50 | Total Sleep Time: 160.50 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 9.25 Miles in 71 mins on a warm morning in Little Rock; short and tough, hilly route down Lookout, along the River Trail, up Overlook, and through Camack Village back home.
11 Total Miles including walking around downtown and at the park with family.
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 | | 32.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32.00 |
| 30 Miles in 4:13 (8:26/mile) in Ouachita National Forest on a hot afternoon around 95 degrees. From Lake Sylvia Ouachita Trail parking area, ran 1.5 Miles up FSR 152, then west on FSR 132 (Lake Winona Scenic Dr.) for 13.5 Miles up to Lake Winona Vista Point, then Forked Mountain Vista Point, turning around for the return trip about a half mile past Forked Mountain Vista Point.
5 Gatorades, 1 Water, 3 S-Caps, and 3 Gels, which were pretty hard to get down in the heat; needed more water and less Gatorade.
32 Total Miles including walk to and from church with Max and Sophia this morning.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 16.00 |
| 12 Miles in 88:25 on TM; Miles 9 and 10 at 6:58/mile and 8 striders during Miles 11 and 12.
16 Miles including 2 Miles commuting and 2-Mile walk with Evan.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| 14 Miles in 1:44 on TM; Miles 12-14 at 6:58 - 6:49 pace.
18 Total Miles including 2 Miles commuting and 2-Mile walk around the neighborhood.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| 9 Miles in 65 mins on TM; Miles 7-9 at 6:58/mile.
14 Total Miles including 3 Miles walking on TM at 15:00/mile pace, 1 Mile commuting, and a 1-Mile walk 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 | | 15.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 16.00 |
| 13 Miles in 1:40 on TM; 4 striders.
16 Total Miles including 2 Miles walking on TM at 2.0 incline and one-mile commute.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 9.00 |
| 8 Miles in 58:32 on a humid morning around 80 degrees (at 6:00 am). Warm-up to Scott Field followed by 8X400m repeats, untimed, and comfortably hard.
9 Total Miles including 1 Mile walking.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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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 |
| Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
After 3-Mile hike with family to Laurel Falls, my brother and I crossed the street to the Huskey Gap trailhead and ran the Huskey Gap Trail to the Sugarland Mt. Trail junction at Huskey Gap, continuing in the same direction until 4.5 Mile mark, where we turned around and cruised back down the mountain; roughly 2,000 ft. elevation gain on this 9-Mile run (1:44) through the Smoky Mountains.
12 Total Miles including the Laurel Falls hike.
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| Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 9 Miles in 69 mins in Gatlinburg proper, mostly along Hwy. 321.
Met family at the pool, which felt great, at end of run.
11 Total Miles including 2 Miles walking.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 7 Miles in an hour on a warm and humid morning in Gatlinburg.
9 Total Miles including lots of walking at Dollywood.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| This morning, my family headed to Cades Cove, a beautiful, isolated valley in the Great Smoky Mountains that features an 11-Mile paved loop that is closed to motor traffic on Wednesday mornings.
I ran along with my parents, brother and sister-in-law, my nephews, and my two oldest kids, Max (7) and Sophia (5), all of whom rode their bikes.
Completing the entire 11-Mile loop earned the kids free ice cream cones! I was very proud of their effort!
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 | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Hiked the Grotto Falls Trail (3 Miles) with my Mom and brother this morning. After returning to the trailhead, my brother and I ran a 6-Mile out-and-back in 1:06 along the Baskins Creek, Trillium Gap, and Rainbow Falls Trails.
9 Total Miles in the beautiful Smokys.
Wesley
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| Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 21.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 |
| 20.25 in 3:41 with Dave and Cliff in the Ouachita National Forest. Ran two loops of the "corkscrew" along FSRs 135, 132, 75, and 114.
Ran the 10.1 Mile loop in each direction before parting ways with Dave and Cliff, who were heading out for one more loop.
21 Total Miles including short walk at park.
Wesley
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| 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 | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 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.
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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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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 5.50 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 |
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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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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 5 Miles in 40 mins on TM.
9 Total Miles including 4 Miles commuting over the last couple of days.
Wesley
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 8 Miles in 58 mins on TM.
9 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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| | 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 69 mins on TM; 4 striders.
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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 80 mins, approx. 10 Miles, down to State Capitol east via H, Kavanaugh, and Markham; up State Capitol Dome steps (Rocky style), then back west via 7th, 6th, through UAMS campus, crossing back over Markham, and up Ash to hook back up with Kavanaugh, then Evergreen home.
Nice run on a runnably mild day around 89 degrees but overcast.
12 Total Miles including two-mile walk this morning at Two Rivers Park with family.
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 | | 368.50 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 | 383.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 155.00 | Nap Time: 5.50 | Total Sleep Time: 160.50 | |
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