Wesley Hunt

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Member Since:

Oct 19, 2010

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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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Fri, Feb 03, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	22.25	0.00	0.00	22.25

22.25 Miles in 2:34:52 (6:58) on a cool, overcast day in Little Rock. Ran from the base of Two Rivers Bridge on the Little Rock side of the River Trail, across the Big Damn Bridge onto the North Little Rock side of the River Trail, and followed the trail just past the 11 mile mark at the Junction Bridge that connects to the Clinton Presidential Center and Park in downtown Little Rock; turned around and ran back.

Recorded 7-Mile Splits for no particular reason:

Miles 1-7: 7:01/mile

Miles 8-14: 6:55/mile

Miles 15-21: 7:01/mile

Last 1.25: 6:35 pace

Felt very comfortable throughout, which was the plan going into today's run, and other than a couple of gels, I didn't hydrate because several of the water fountains on the River Trail were not working (perhaps they shut them off in the winter?). This was a slow MP run, but after last week's fast MP run (18.25 at 6:31/mile), this is exactly what I needed. Distance was key today.

Wesley

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

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 21:04:46 from 76.27.122.13

Very impressive. Are you going to revise your Boston goal in light of this?

From Wesley Hunt on Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 23:03:57 from 99.25.245.254

Seriously? I think I'll stick with 2:50... I've run one sub-3:00, a 3:04, and a 3:05. Sure, I'm still learning a lot about race strategy, etc., but running a PR by nearly 5 minutes at the Mecca of distance running is going to be hard enough.

By the way, would you have any reservations about running a marathon on March 4, 2012, 6 weeks prior to Boston? As I mentioned previously, I'm still contemplating whether I should run Little Rock as a confidence boosting (hopefully) training run of sorts.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 09:35:36 from 76.27.122.13

I'd probably stick with the 2:50. But don't be surprised if you go faster.

I know, it's hard to resist the hometown race but I think that's a little too close to Boston if Boston is the priority. It's a perfect time for a half though. Does the LRM have a half?

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