Wesley Hunt

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Member Since:

Oct 19, 2010

Gender:

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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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30 Miles in 4:13 (8:26/mile) in Ouachita National Forest on a hot afternoon around 95 degrees. From Lake Sylvia Ouachita Trail parking area, ran 1.5 Miles up FSR 152, then west on FSR 132 (Lake Winona Scenic Dr.) for 13.5 Miles up to Lake Winona Vista Point, then Forked Mountain Vista Point, turning around for the return trip about a half mile past Forked Mountain Vista Point.

5 Gatorades, 1 Water, 3 S-Caps, and 3 Gels, which were pretty hard to get down in the heat; needed more water and less Gatorade.

32 Total Miles including walk to and from church with Max and Sophia this morning.

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
Comments
From DaveM on Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 18:50:55 from 76.125.85.156

Wesley, Forked Mountain Vista Point? After you pass Vista Point, and I always run the short detour to look over the vista, about 1/3 mile down the road is another Vista up a jeep road on your left for about 1/4 mile. It's also a great view with a secluded, very primitive, camp site. 8:26/mile in our heat would compete with a lot of running professional. You're definitely ready for Leadville later this month.

Deb Baker and I are planning to run 30 on Saturday morning -- targeting a 5:30 time -- a walk in the park for you. Dave

From Wesley Hunt on Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 20:01:49 from 162.192.69.49

Dave- the Vistas are great, and Forked Mountain is particularly spectacular in the late afternoon light.

I'll be in Gatlinburg with my family, Luke's family, and our parents from the 7th-14th, but I'd love to do a 15-Mile or so trail run on the 15th or 16th...the more the merrier because pace won't matter.

From DaveM on Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 18:40:49 from 76.125.85.156

Wesley, You're running Leadville a week later, so you decide on the distance. I'm good for any distance up to 40 miles. The longer the distance, the earlier we need to start. Dave

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