Wesley Hunt

Boston Marathon

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Member Since:

Oct 19, 2010

Gender:

Male

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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
194.2855.220.0013.00262.50
Night Sleep Time: 156.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 156.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.504.000.000.0013.50

Noon:  12 Miles in 89 minutes on TM; 4 Miles at 8:00, 4 Miles at 7:30, 2 Miles at 6:58, and 2 Miles at 6:27.

Commute:  1.5 Miles.

Total:  13.5 Miles.

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
4.506.000.000.0010.50

10.5 Miles on TM, including a 6-Mile Progressive during Miles 4 - 9 at 6:58, 6:52, 6:40, 6:27, 6:18, and 5:56 pace, respectively.

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.500.000.001.0013.50

Noon:  12 Miles in 92:00 on TM, including 8X200m striders.

Commute:  1.5 Miles.

Total:  13.5 Miles.

Wesley 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.504.000.002.0014.50

NOON:  13.0 Miles in 93:30 on TM.  Workout included the following: 

2 Miles at 8:00/mile;

2 Miles at 7:30/mile;

4 Miles at 6:58/mile;

4X800m at 5:52 pace with acceleration to 5:00 pace during final 100m, 200m, 300m, and 400m of each of the respective repeats; 800m recovery at 8:00 pace after repeats; and

1 Mile at 8:00/mile.

COMMUTE:  1.5 Miles

TOTAL:  14.5 Miles.

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
15.000.000.000.5015.50

Noon:  5 Miles on the TM in 38 minutes, including 4X200m striders, followed by 9 Miles in 66 minutes with Dave along the Arkansas River Trail; absolutely beautiful day in Little Rock, and Dave and I took advantage, running Miles 1 -8 at 7:13/mile before cooling down during the final mile.

Commute:  1.5 Miles.

Total:  15.5 Miles.

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 Easy Miles on a beautiful spring day in downtown Little Rock.

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0012.000.000.0012.00

12 Miles in 75:34 (6:18 pace) on a cloudy and breezy afternoon of 71 degrees along the Arkansas River Trail before my son's first baseball game of he season.  4-Mile Splits follow:

Miles 1 - 4:  6:15/mile;

Miles 5 - 8:  6:16/mile;

Miles 9 - 12:  6:22/mile.

No fuel, no bio breaks, and I'm liking the Brooks PureFlows that I bought for Boston; pace slid a bit on the back half of this out-and-back when I turned back into the wind.  Nevertheless, I feel pretty good about my overall fitness heading into Race Week.

Wesley 

 

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.507.00

7 Miles in 55 minutes, including 4 striders, on TM.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.500.000.000.009.50

Noon:  8 Miles with Dave on a warm, windy day of 80+ degrees along the Arkansas River Trail; ran Miles 1 - 4 at 7:06/mile and averaged around 7:30/mile for the entire run including warm-up and cool-down.

Commute:  1.5 Miles.

Total:  9.5 Miles.

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

Noon:  6 Easy Miles followed by some meditation time in the sauna. 

Commute:  1.5 Miles.

Total:  7.5 Miles.

Wesley

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 Miles with Dave in just over 44 minutes on a blistery day with the wind whipping around on the Arkansas River Trail; three more miles of walking on the treadmill.

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.001.008.00

8 Easy Miles in 62:00, including 8 striders, on TM.

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Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Race: Boston Marathon (26.22 Miles) 02:59:11, Place overall: 1937, Place in age division: 1335
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.220.000.0026.22

Boston Strong. 

117th running of the Boston Marthon. I started fast, hitting the 5K mark at 18:36 and holding strong through the halfway point in 1:23:08. A couple of side stitches, first on the left, then right, brought me back down to Earth and reminded me that my primary goal was breaking three hours. I cruised at about 7:00/mile until Mile 18, where we hit the Newton hills, the most notorious of which is Heartbreak Hill, which crests at the Mile 21 Marker. The wind really kicked up as we turned onto Commonwealth toward Boston, and I wisely held back on the downhills because I could feel hamstring cramps creeping in. I fought hard the last few miles, finally kicking at the Mile 26 Marker to finish in 2:59:11.

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Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.280.000.000.508.78

8.78 Miles in 68 minutes, including 4 striders, on TM.

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
7.500.000.000.508.00

8 Miles in 62:00, including 4 striders, on TM.

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
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 Easy Miles on a beautiful Saturday morning exploring my new neighborhood.  Just under three miles to access Little Rock River Trail via Overlook from my new abode. 

Wesley

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 Miles on TM.

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.001.000.000.0013.00

13 Miles on TM; Miles 12 and 13 at 6:58/mile.

Wesley

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.001.0011.00

11 Miles in 86 minutes, including 8 striders, on TM.

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Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.502.000.000.5016.00

AM:  10 Miles in 75 minutes on TM; Miles 9 and 10 at 6:58/mile.

PM:  6 Miles, including 4 striders, on TM.

Total:  16 Miles.

Wesley 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Dave finally dragged me out of the comfort of the gym for 10 solid miles at a 7:15 - 7:45 pace range on a nice, cool morning along the Arkansas River Trail.

Including an approximate one-mile commute, I ran 11 Miles.

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
4.500.000.001.506.00

6 Miles in just over 42 minutes on a beautiful afternoon after a cloudy, rainy weekend.  Sun felt amazing!

1.25 Miles to Scott Field track followed by 4X400m Repeats at 77 secs/repeat and one 800m in 2:44; quarter-mile jogs between repeats and 1.25 Miles back home for 6 Total Miles.

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
11.000.000.003.0014.00

Noon:  10 Miles in 78 minutes on TM; 8X200m striders.

PM:  Half-mile warm-up followed by 2X1 Mile Repeats at 5:42 pace; 4 Total Miles including 1 Easy Mile between repeats and a half-mile cool-down.

Total:  14 Miles.

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
9.000.000.001.0010.00

10 Miles in 77 minutes on TM; 8X200m striders.

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
194.2855.220.0013.00262.50
Night Sleep Time: 156.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 156.00
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