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Jimez Mountain Trail Run 50 Mile

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Member Since:

Oct 19, 2010

Gender:

Male

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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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Night Sleep Time: 43.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 43.50
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6 Miles in 44 mins at Magnet Cove High School track near Malvern followed by 12X400m Repeats with equal distance jogging recovery.

Splits: 75, 74, 75, 75, 75, 75, 75, 76, 76, 74, 74, and 75.

Strong speed workout to start my training week.

14 Total Miles including two-mile walk.

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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22 Miles in 2:45:30 on TM; Miles 1-20 in 7:47-7:13 range and Mile 21 at 6:58 and 1.0 incline and Mile 22 at 6:44 and 2.0 incline.

This followed 1.5 hours of push mowing.

25 Miles including 2 Miles commuting and one-mile walk with Evan.

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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16 Miles in 1:51:54 on TM; Miles 9 and 10 at 6:58/mile followed by 6-Mile Tempo at LTP+ with the following splits: 6:15 (3), 6:11, 6:07, and 5:56.

17 Total Miles including one-mile commute.

Wesley

 

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6 Miles in 45 mins on TM.

8 Total Miles including 2 Miles commuting.

Wesley

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6 Miles in 44:40 on TM; 8 striders.

8 Total Miles including 2 Miles commuting.

Wesley

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1 Mile at a gas station in Amarillo, Texas after eight hours of driving.

I'm a late entry to the Jemez Mountain Trail Run 50 Mile that has a 5:00 am start tomorrow in Los Alamos.  Just over 300 Miles of driving to go... I may even make it to the race briefing at 5:30 pm!

So what's running at elevation like?

Wesley

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Race: Jimez Mountain Trail Run 50 Mile (52.5 Miles) 10:54:14, Place overall: 20, Place in age division: 10
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Beautiful day with clear skies and stunning views in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

As a late entry into this race, I knew going in that the elevation gain at altitude would be challenging after a 13-hour drive from Arkansas, and more significantly, no taper. Nevertheless, I am so glad I made the decision to run The Jimez Mountain 50, with its 11,000' of cumulative elevation gain at an altitude range between 7,080' and 10,436.

I learned a lot about myself yesterday, pulling myself out of a really dark place (mentally and physically) after getting lost and running an extra mile or so at Mile 16 at 10,400'. 

Also, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to meet and visit with ultra running great, Nick Clark, who was a genuinely awesome, thoughtful guy.  Nick, who is sponsored by Altra, won the race for the third time in 8:27.

As for me, I descended the final 10 Miles like my hair was on fire to break 11 hours, finishing 20th overall, 18th male, and 10th in my age group.

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Night Sleep Time: 43.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 43.50
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