Wesley Hunt

April 16, 2024

Recent EntriesHomeJoin Fast Running Blog Community!PredictorHealthy RecipesWesley Hunt's RacesFind BlogsMileage BoardTop Ten Excuses for Missing a RunTop Ten Training MistakesDiscussion ForumRace Reports Send A Private MessageWeek ViewMonth ViewYear View
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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

Favorite Blogs:
Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

11 Miles of recovery in 1:26:30 after yesterday's longish run; cold and windy in Hot Spring and Garland County this morning, running along Hwy. 171 near my parents' home. 

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jan 02, 2012 at 21:22:50 from 76.27.122.13

Still waiting on those New Year's Resolutions 1-10.

Since I didn't make any myself I thought I might steal one of yours.

From Wesley Hunt on Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 17:18:43 from 198.8.4.11

Wesley Hunt 2012 Resolutions:

1. M-F: Up at 4:00am every morning to run, then read, in that order. Life's too short to sleep.[As an aside, I just finished Brutal Journey about the Narvaez Expedition across North America in the early 16th Century (not great), and I'm currently halfway through Undaunted Courage (very good) by Stephen Ambrose; many others on my radar, and I'm also open to suggestions].

2. On weekends, make an effort to run at River Parks, on trails, or some other location not my neighborhood.

3. Attend 8:30am Worship Service to supplement 9:30am Sunday School. A very thoughtful, academic, and engaging pastor recently came to Little Rock, and he's excellent; multiple Chronicles of Narnia references this past Sunday. Of course, I'm biased, because he conducted my wedding ceremony.

4. No beer until I cross the finish line at Boston; then, lots of it.

5. Pass along my love of America's Pastime to Max as he plays tee ball for the first time this Spring.

6. Make good decisions (or at least better ones).

7. Talk less and shave more (per my wife).

8. Forgive Albert Puljols and forget Tony Romo.

9. Continue writing in my journal, at least weekly, and preferably more.

10. Put one foot in front of the other and see what happens (per brother). If racing goals not achieved, life goes on. Family still happy and healthy, beer still tastes good, Hogs' spring practice still starts in August, etc.

11. Stay within 10 minutes of Rob Murphy at Bston.

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 21:09:41 from 76.27.122.13

You were serious!

I'll have to respond in more detail later but for now let me say that #4 is a big mistake. "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy".

From Wesley Hunt on Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 21:25:51 from 99.25.245.254

Rob - Agreed. Let's scratch #4. Overly ambitious anyway...replace it with "Train like John Landy."

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 20:57:28 from 76.27.122.13

Good.

Have you ever seen Jimmy Fallon's thank-you note segment?

"Thank-you microbreweries for making my alcoholism seem like a neat hobby".

Add Your Comment.
  • Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
  • Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
  • If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.
Only registered users with public blogs are allowed to post comments. Log in with your username and password or create an account and set up a blog.
Debt Reduction Calculator
Featured Announcements
Most Recent Entries:
New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
Recent Comments: