Wesley Hunt

Boston 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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
103.2232.007.0012.00154.22
Night Sleep Time: 89.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 89.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 Miles in 45:20 on a nice, summer-like afternoon with a nice breeze in my neighborhood.  

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.500.000.000.008.50

8.5 Miles in 1:04:36 on a hot afternoon along the North Little Rock River Trail.  Nice noon run with my co-worker, Dave, averaging around 7:36/mile.  

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.003.001.006.00

Quick treadmill tempo run today:  1 Mile warm-up followed by 3 Miles at 6:15/mile and 1 Mile at 6:00; 1 Mile cool-down to wrap up 6 Total Miles.  

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.006.0010.00

Hard week, no sleep, but dang was it beautiful in Arkansas. Ran 6X1600m repeats at Magnet Cove High School Track, where my mother is the elementary school librarian, near my parents' home outside of Malvern, Arkansas. Repeat splits below:

5:56

5:54

5:53

5:51

5:44

5:43

Including warm-up and half-mile easy jog to recover between repeats, today's workout included 10 Total Miles.

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 4.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0012.000.000.0012.00

12 Miles in 1:18:41; beautiful mid-morning run along Hwy. 171 near my parents' home between Malvern and Hot Springs, Arkansas.  Ran to the sign marking the interest to Lake Catherine State Park (6 Miles from front door) and back.  Three-Mile Splits included: 

Miles 1-3:  6:31/mile

Miles 4-6:  6:23/mile

Miles 7-9:  6:42/mile

Miles 10-12:  6:38/mile

Feeling pretty good after two hard workouts within a 24 hour window. 

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

10 Miles in 1:17:53 with my Dad on a cool morning along Hwy. 171 between Malvern and Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Very enjoyable run and good conversation; we're both pretty amped up for Boston!

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

2 Easy Miles on treadmill set to 1.0 incline followed by 8 Miles in 62 minutes with my buddy, Dave, along the North Little Rock River Trail.  High pollen count has my allergies whacked out, but otherwise, I'm feeling pretty good.  

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.500.004.001.007.50

Treadmill tempo run today, which included:  1 Mile at 7:30; 4 Miles at 6:11/mile; 1 Mile at 6:00; and 1.5 Easy Miles to cool down.  

7.5 Total Miles in 51 minutes.

No more hard stuff until Boston. 

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

6.5 Easy Miles in 52 minutes while I relived Arkansas AD Jeff Long's firing of Coach Petrino, and the accompanying commentary, throughout the 1:00 pm SportsCenter.  

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.002.000.000.007.00

7 Miles in just under 51 minutes; ran Miles 2 and 3 at target MP for Boston. 

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.001.000.000.005.00

4 Easy Miles with my Dad along Boston Harbor on a beautiful morning; 1 Mile close to MP to stretch things out a bit. 

Awesome seafood pasta at Nico's in Boston's North End last night.  One of the best meals I've ever had!

Great to have the entire family together for the race. 

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Race: Boston Marathon (26.22 Miles) 03:52:20, Place overall: 6929, Place in age division: 2510
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.2213.000.000.0026.22

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: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 Miles in 28:51 on a gorgeous day in Little Rock.  

Post-Boston Massacre Question to Ponder:  Over the next 40 years, would we be healthier running 4 Miles in sub-30 minutes, every day, or completing two 16-week marathon training programs (and running two marathons, every year?  

Slight Variation on Post-Boston Massacre Question to Ponder:  Over the next 40 years, would we be happier running 4 Miles in sub-30 minutes, every day, or completing two 16-week marathon training programs (and running two marathons, every year?  

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.002.000.002.005.00

5 Miles on a great morning in my neighborhood; ran Mile 2 at 5:43 and Mile 4 at 5:52. 

Wesley 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 Miles on a beautiful afternoon along the North Little Rock River Trail downtown. 

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.002.000.000.004.00

4 Miles in 29:00 on the treadmill set to 1.0 incline.

Wesley 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.750.000.000.0012.75

Approximately 12.75 nice and easy miles early this morning along the North Little Rock River Trail.  Met my co-worker, Dave, and another friend, Kevin, who works in our builing at 6:00 am downtown.  Beautiful morning for knocking out aerobic miles at approximately a 7:45/mile pace. 

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.250.000.002.005.25

1 Mile warm-up followed by 4X.5 Mile repeats at 5:56, 5:52, 5:49, and 5:46; 1 Mile to cool down for 5.25 Total Miles.  

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
103.2232.007.0012.00154.22
Night Sleep Time: 89.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 89.00
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