Wesley Hunt

Little Rock Marathon

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Member Since:

Oct 19, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

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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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Sun, Mar 04, 2012
Race: Little Rock Marathon (26.22 Miles) 02:53:08, Place overall: 19, Place in age division: 1
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I'm a sucker for my hometown race.  The 10th anniversary of the Little Rock Marathon was this morning, and it was a beautiful day for racing.  Race start temperatures were in the low 40s, but the temperature rose quickly to near 60 by the time I finished 19th overall, the 17th male and first in my age division.  Other than a pretty strong headwind during Miles 18 - 21 heading west along the Little Rock River Trail, there was very little to complain about today.  This was just what I needed heading into Boston in 6 weeks.  

Unofficial Results follow:  

Overall Male:  17/1045

Male 25-29: 1/111

10K: 40:14

Half: 1:25:15

20 Mile: 2:11:12

Last 10K: 41:57

FINISH: 2:53:08     6:37/mile     (Personal Record) 

Garmin 6-Mile Splits:  

Miles 1 - 6: 38:32 (6:25/mile)

Miles 7 - 12: 38:43 (6:27/mile)

Miles 13 - 18: 39:08 (6:32/mile)

Miles 19 - 24: 40:06 (6:41/mile) 

Last 2.5 Miles: 16:34 (6:40/mile) 

Pretty tough racing starting at Mile 18, passing two solid runners during the most mentally, if not also physically, challenging part of the race out and back along the Little Rock River trail.  

I just woke up from a short nap with my son, Max, and I'm looking forward to a fun afternoon at the neighborhood park with my kids before heading to dinner with my wife's folks who live nearby in Little Rock.  

Wesley 



















 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
Comments
From ACorn on Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 14:37:22 from 24.2.76.146

Great race Wesley! You kept it together very well and should be optimistic about Boston. Big congrats!

From Jake K on Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 17:45:08 from 67.177.21.60

Wow congrats on the new PR!! That's really awesome. Looking good for Boston, just make sure you RECOVER from this one!!

From Andrea on Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 19:27:14 from 67.177.21.60

Oops...I commented as Jake, he was signed into my computer. I'm sure he wishes you congrats as well though!

From Jake K on Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 19:28:12 from 67.177.21.60

Yes absolutely - great run! See you in Boston!

From Superfly on Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 20:18:13 from 74.211.21.81

Solid race. Good job man!

From Bret on Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 06:48:12 from 64.128.133.66

Nicely done Wesley - excellent race and a new PR!

From jtshad on Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 08:10:53 from 204.134.132.225

Great race and congrats on the PR! this is a real confidence booster for Boston!

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