Wesley Hunt

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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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Wed, Jan 19, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.508.000.0010.50

Solid Tempo Run on treadmill:  1 Mile warm-up followed by 2X4 Mile Repeats at 6:40 with quarter mile jog between repeats; 0.75 easy and 0.5 at 6:58 to cool down and recover.

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 20:34:01 from 24.10.248.6

How difficult did the 6:40 pace seem?

From Wesley Hunt on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 00:45:14 from 99.25.245.254

Not terribly difficult. I was working pretty hard during the final two miles of the second 4-mile repeat, but I didn't have any major issues. I've been wearing a brace on the right knee for three weeks, and limiting speed work and total mileage (trying to maintain 40 - 45 per week), but otherwise, training is proceeding on schedule.

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 09:44:54 from 205.127.70.66

One thing to remember, at least by my experience, is that everything seems easier on race day. Hopefully you are rested, mentally ready, properly fueled and all that. I'm always amazed at how easy a certain pace will feel in a marathon as compared to training. Of course the big question is how your body will hold up the last few miles. For that, the key is mileage - so if you are shooting for 40-45 miles a week, make it 45 if at all possible.

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