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2022 Cocodona 250: A Pacer's Perspective (Wes Claytor)
Arizona Wes Claytor Arizona Wes Claytor

2022 Cocodona 250: A Pacer's Perspective (Wes Claytor)

To think that I could “pace” my friend Tony for 100 miles at the 2022 Cocodona 250 was a ludicrous idea, but that’s what I volunteered to do.

After learning about his commitment to running this race, I quickly decided to offer to help out in any way that I could. And after letting my wife Christa know that I’d be heading to Arizona in May to help Tony, we decided to turn this into a multi-month family road trip.

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2022 Uwharrie Marathon (Wes Claytor)
North Carolina Wes Claytor North Carolina Wes Claytor

2022 Uwharrie Marathon (Wes Claytor)

This year's strategy was to go out a bit faster in the beginning, trying to take advantage of the rolling gravel hills during the first 5-6 miles before getting onto the singletrack. Often in races, especially hillier trail races, I'll try to conserve early and pace accordingly, trying to save as much as possible for the later miles. But not this course, as it gets more difficult and technical as the miles go on.

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2021 Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon (Wes Claytor)
Georgia Wes Claytor Georgia Wes Claytor

2021 Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon (Wes Claytor)

Honestly, it was a bit of a shock to read this on our way to the start. I immediately began thinking about all the hard training I put in over the past couple of months and planning to go out and set a marathon PR. But, dwelling on what was but no longer is, is an exercise in futility. So, in the course of a crushing minute, we decided we’d run the 1/2 marathon and go try to set our PRs there.

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Running 100 Miles In A Day
North Carolina Wes Claytor North Carolina Wes Claytor

Running 100 Miles In A Day

The next 3 hours were some of the most miserable minutes of my life, alternating between profusely sweating and shivering cold, nausea, exhaustion, and an unrelenting throbbing in my knees and feet. I was struggling to walk the inclines. I was complaining about trivial nonsense. I was close to coming undone. But I didn’t. We just kept moving forward.

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2021 Old Dominion 100 (Wes Claytor)
Virginia Wes Claytor Virginia Wes Claytor

2021 Old Dominion 100 (Wes Claytor)

After the usual prerace shenanigans were handled, we found ourselves standing at the starting line with the rest of the runners, awaiting our countdown to the 4:00 AM start. We began the 2021 Old Dominion 100 right on time.

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