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MacArthur Park 5k

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Location:

Little Rock,AR,United States

Member Since:

May 21, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Longest Ultra:  White Rock Classic:  6:34:00, 33.4 miles, Ozark Mtns., AR

Marathon:  3:25:06, Boston Marathon, April 20, 2015

Half-Marathon: 1:33:27 (Gun Time), Little Rock Half-Marathon, March 1, 2015.

10K:  43:10, Lenexa Freedom Run, Lenexa, KS, July 4, 2015

5K: 20:23, Firecracker Fast 5K, Little Rock, AR, July 4, 2013 (Mostly downhill course)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run another marathon in 3:25 or better.

2 to 3 Marathons per year - Goal: 3:30 or better

1 to 2 Half-marathons per year:  1:32 or better

1 to 2 Ultra Runs per year:  At least one 50K

Have fun running and stay injury-free

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run Boston when I'm 60 years old

Personal:

Married to Kimberly - 23 years

Daughter Brianna - 21 years old

Three dogs: Hershey, Lady, Emmie

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

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Nike Lunaracer 3 Lifetime Miles: 187.97
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ASICS Lyte 33 Lifetime Miles: 181.20
NB 890v3 Lifetime Miles: 221.10
Brooks Pure Connect Blue Lifetime Miles: 8.10
Adidas Tempo 6 Lifetime Miles: 110.65
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.8520.755.601.0044.20
Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 18.50Nike Flyknit Lunar + Miles: 17.60Brooks Pure Connect Blue Miles: 8.10
Night Sleep Time: 21.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 21.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.104.000.000.0014.10

Ran 6.5 miles in the a.m., 3 of which were very easy with Hershey arount the loop at Two River Park.  Then drove to Scott Field and ran 3.5 miles at 7:20.mile.  Then went to Church, and after Church did about 3 hours of yard work.  Then, while the temperature was in the low-90s, ran 7.6 easy miles at Two Rivers Park to start acclimating my body for warm weather running.

Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 6.50Nike Flyknit Lunar + Miles: 7.60
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.254.752.500.008.50

Ran 8.5 miles at the Catholic HS track in the evening with temps around 85 degrees.  Ran a 1.5 mile warm-up at a 7:24/mile pace.  Next, ran 10x400m with 200m recovery intervals at approx an 8:30/mile pace.  Averaged 90 seconds per 400m.  Then ran an easy 7:33 mile, followed by a 7:10 mile and finished with a 7:42 mile. 

Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 8.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.002.000.001.005.00

Ran 5 miles on the TM. Mile 1 @ 8:20, Mile 2 @ 8:00, Mile 3 @ 7:20, Mile 4 @ 6:30, and Mile 5 @ 7:41.  Just trying to stay loose but not use too much glycogen in advance of the Corporate Cup 5K tomorrow night.

Brooks Pure Connect Blue Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Race: MacArthur Park 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:21:34, Place overall: 16, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.003.100.006.60

Ran 1.5 easy miles on the TM, then 2 easy miles at MacArthur Park to warm-up for this 5k, which included the Corporate Cup. It was a warm evening (7:00 pm start time) with a high dew point since it had rained on and off all day.  I don't generally run short races, but this is the annual "Corporate Cup" at MacArthur Park, named after General Douglas MacArthur who was born in Arkansas.  Our team for Entergy Arkasas took 1st place and won the trophy. To participate on a Corporate Cup team you have to be a ful-time employee and have worked at least 1000 hours for that company in the previous calendar year.  Our team ran the four 5k's in a cumulative total time of 88:32 (7:07/mile avg. pace for team) and the individual results were as follows:

Wesley Hunt -- 18:30 -- 2nd place overall -- terrific sub-6:00 average pace

Heather Hendrickson -- 24.37 -- 1st place female 30-34 division -- 7:56/mile; each corporate team had at least one female runner

Mark Hunt -- 23:51 -- 3rd place men 55-59 division --  7:42/mile; Wesley's dad

Dave Mundorff -- 21:34 -- 1st place men 55-59 division -- 6:57/mile

Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 3.50Brooks Pure Connect Blue Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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0.0010.000.000.0010.00

Ran 10 miles along the south shore of the Arkansas River.  Ran a couple of miles with a runner named Bill at a 7:20/mile pace, but most of the other miles were run between 7:40 and 8:10/mile.  It is getting warmer in the mornings, so there were fewer people running on the river trail than in recent weeks.

Nike Flyknit Lunar + Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.8520.755.601.0044.20
Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 18.50Nike Flyknit Lunar + Miles: 17.60Brooks Pure Connect Blue Miles: 8.10
Night Sleep Time: 21.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 21.00
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