| 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 | | 19.00 | 6.00 | 19.10 | 4.00 | 48.10 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 30.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 30.50 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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8 Miles in 60:00 on treadmill set to 1.0 incline; 6 Easy Miles followed by 2 Miles at sub-7:00 effort.
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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 | | 0.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 Miles in 51:30 on an ideal morning for running, 46 degrees, in my neighborhood. After 1 Mile at 7:00 to warm-up, I picked it up and ran 5 Miles in 29:40 (6:08/mile), below my normal tempo pace of 6:15-6:20, but relatively comfortable after two recovery days. Also, this morning, I broke in my new Brooks Green Silence, which I am planning to wear during Saturday's tune-up half-marathon in Conway, Arkansas. The shoes are very light with a snug fit and comfortable ride. And their environmentally friendly, an added bonus for those who appreciate such things. Looking forward to racing in them to see how they hold up for 13.1. Wesley |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 |
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2 Miles at 6:50/mile to warm-up at a local, high school track followed by 8X800m intervals between 2:50 and 2:55, with a 400m jog to recover between intervals.
Felt good today despite the wind and unseasonably warm termperatures during this late morning run. Still no complaints about the Brooks Green Silence, and I am still planning to race in them on Saturday.
Wesley |
| 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 | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 Easy Miles on the treadmill set to 1.0 incline. Kept it real easy today during a mini-taper week; full rest yesterday with some core work and upper body strength training. Soaring Wings Half-Marathon in Conway, Arkansas tomorrow at 8:00 am. I'll be racing tomorrow along with my Dad, Mark, an accomplished short-distance runner and recent Boston qualifier (I turned him on to longer distances about a year ago). Wesley |
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Soaring Wings Half-Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:20:33, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 18.10 |
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[Official Results: 10K Split: 37:38 Finish: 1:20:38] Official race results from this morning's Soaring Wings Half-Marathon in Conway, Arkansas have not posted, but unofficially, I ran a 1:20:30 (6:09 pace) (PR). It was a sold out field of 1,700 runners and walkers, and I finished 8th overall and 1st in my age group (25-29). Great day for racing, 40 degrees and still at the start, running West toward a warm sun. Decided early on to run with a couple of seasoned runners, behind a lead group of four or five runners, and we were cruising between 6:05 and 6:10 for the first 7 Miles. One of the guys in our group dropped at this point, and then I got dropped around Mile 9, so no more drafting...just grinding. Still holding a 6:10 pace, running alone, I got a second wind when the GU that I took at Mile 7 kicked in. Finished strong on this rolling hill course, with the last Mile predominantly downhill, then flat to the finish. Looped back onto the course through a backroad to Mile 11.5, spotted my Dad running strong, but alone, so I jumped on the course to give him a push, which he didn't need. He had ditched the 1:45:00 (8:00) pace group back at Mile 9, and we pushed up the hill at Mile 12. I cruised down Mile 13 with him, peeled off, and watched him finish strong with a PR nearly six minutes faster than his previous best last year. Unofficially, he ran a 1:40:30, probably good enough to place in his age group (55-59). No waiting around for the rewards ceremony today. We booked it out of Dodge and made it to the end of my son's soccer game back in Little Rock. After his game, we picked up BBQ and headed back to he house for an early Hogs' kickoff against Vandy. It's not looking great right now, Hogs down 28-17, but driving. Reason for hope, though, because throughout the season, we've been a second half team. Keepin' the faith. Wesley
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 19.00 | 6.00 | 19.10 | 4.00 | 48.10 |
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