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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Night Sleep Time: 32.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 32.00
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11 Miles at 6:57/mile on a beautiful Fall afternoon in Little Rock.  Today, I ran from my home in West Little Rock downtown to the First United Methodist Church in the Quapaw Quarter.  My Sunday School class is involved in an ongoing community service project known as "Stone Soup", during which we typically feed 100 - 150 of the City's homeless.  It is great to be a part of something that helps so many, and it was a great day of running and service that lifted my mind, body and spirit.   

Part of this overwhelming sense of joy came as the result of a "Rocky" moment I experienced when running through a neighborhood near historic Central High School, a beautiful school and site of one of the most significant events of the Civil Rights Era, the "Little Rock Nine" saga.  Out of nowhere, and completely unannounced, a young boy with a hooded sweatshirt ran out of his front door and joined me for a couple hundred yards, pushing me to a near dead sprint, and fist-bumping me before I took a right and left his street.  It was actually pretty inspiring stuff (and just damn cool), and it made me proud to be a runner!  

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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9 Miles at 6:50/mile on a blistering, windy afternoon in Little Rock.  Today's run included the toughest 3-Mile leg of the Little Rock Marathon, which starts at the State Capitol at Marathon Mile 13, and continues west down Markham and up Kavanaugh, a brutal stretch that can make or break a race.  Of course, my pace reflects the fact that I started my run on this stretch as opposed to Race Day when I will have already logged a half-marathon.  Regardless, it was a nice run despite the brutal conditions.  I took a gel before the run and didn't feel the need to take another during the run.  In retrospect, I probably should start forcing the issue to get in the habit.

Wesley  

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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4 Miles Easy on treadmill set to 1.0 incline followed by 6 acceleration strides at 30 seconds/stride (30 seconds recovery between strides); legs are fatigued, and left hip and hamstring are a little sore.  I need to focus on a healthy mix of strenuous and less demanding workouts (like today). 

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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2 Miles Easy followed by 8 Mile MP / Tempo Run at the following splits: 

2 Miles at 7:13

4 Miles at 6:40

2 Miles at 7:13

2 Miles Easy with 4X100m strides worked into final mile.  This was a pretty tough treadmill (1.0 incline) workout, particularly given some stomach issues I was battling throughout the run.  I took a gel before the run and after Mile 6.   

Looking forward to a scheduled day off tomorrow. 

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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8 Miles at 6:36/mile on a surprisingly still, 50 degree morning in Little Rock; looped through neighborhood and hit a couple pretty steep hills on latter half of run; felt great.  

Because it is consistent with our Little Rock Marathon training schedules, which calls for a 13-14 Mile long run next weekend, my Dad and I decided to register for the inaugural Fayetteville, Arkansas Half-Marathon, scheduled for December 12, 2010 on the beautiful University of Arkansas Campus.  The race course has some pretty steep inclines, but it also has a really cool finish--a lap around the John McDonald Outdoor Track.  McDonald, of course, is the legendary Arkansas Track Coach who led the Razorbacks to numerous national championships before retiring a couple of year ago.  Good times...

Wesley 

 

 

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Night Sleep Time: 32.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 32.00
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