Wesley Hunt

Boston Marathon

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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

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Mon, Apr 16, 2012

Race: Boston Marathon (26.22 Miles) 03:52:20, Place overall: 6929, Place in age division: 2510

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.22	13.00	0.00	0.00	26.22

Challenging, exhillarating, painful, joyful, frustrating, beautiful...

Eternally grateful to my amazing wife, Isabel, for her support along my journey over the last 18 months (5 Marathons); my brother, Luke, and his wife, Melissa, for taking the time and making the sacrifice to come to Boston for an anxiety-filled weekend; and to my mother, Phyllis, and father, Mark, who have supported me, forgiven me, and loved me every day of my 29 years on this planet.

Dad, you did it. You're the best role model a son could ever ask for.

And of course, to all of the FRBs who took me in, gave me advice, and treated me as one of their own, thanks. Rob / Jeff / Walter / Steve / Adam -- you guys are awesome.

Best,

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00

Comments

From ACorn on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:45:29 from 174.232.204.204

Great report Wesley! You've got a great outlook on life. Congrats on having an awesome experience. All the best!

From jtshad on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 06:09:15 from 12.27.176.2

Congrats to you and your dad on finishing a tough race in brutal conditions!

It was great meeting you in person, thanks for joining us for dinner.

Keep running strong and say hello to your dad!

From Steve on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 16:41:37 from 12.171.31.2

So cool to meet you in Boston. After we left, Rob and I agreed that this was a guy who is going places. Long hard race Monday. Hopefully we will have some better ones!

From Wesley Hunt on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 18:12:33 from 99.25.245.254

Adam - Thanks for the support, as always. I just recognize that I am very blessed to have been born into circumstances that afforded me so many opportunities.

Jeff - Your effort on Monday was super-human and inspiring. Thanks for including me at dinner. You have a lovely family, and I enjoyed meeting all of you.

Steve - That's a very nice thing to say, particularly given my performance on Monday. But alas, as they say, if it was easy everyone would do it. Really enjoyed meeting you, Walter, and Rob as well. Rob is one of the key reasons that I've been able to run sub-3:00 twice over the last 18 months.

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