Wesley Hunt

July 2013

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Member Since:

Oct 19, 2010

Gender:

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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
234.5074.759.0014.75333.00
Night Sleep Time: 185.50Nap Time: 7.00Total Sleep Time: 192.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.002.008.00

Up at 5:00 am for 8 Miles, including 8X.25 Mile Repeats at 6:00 pace to work out some tightness in my legs; home before the kids woke up as planned.

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
5.004.002.000.0011.00

10 Miles in just under 69 minutes on TM; Mile 5 at 6:58, Mile 6 at 6:50, Mile 7 at 6:40, Mile 8 at 6:27, Mile 9 at 6:17, and Mile 10 at 6:07.

11 Total Miles including one-mile commute. 

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
6.005.000.000.0011.00

10 Miles in just under 71 minutes on TM; Mile 5 and 6 at 6:58/mile, Miles 7 and 8 at 6:40/mile, and Miles 9 and 10 at 6:31/mile.

11 Total Miles including one-mile commute.

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
6.008.000.000.0014.00

AM: 8 Miles in 63:33 on a nice morning for running.

PM:  6 Miles in 41:52, including 3X800m Repeats on the soggy infield at the Scott Field Track, on a warm and gorgeous Independence Day in Little Rock.

Total: 14 Miles.

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
9.500.000.000.009.50

9.5 Easy Miles on a really nice morning (5 am start) for running; eyes opened after three miles and legs woke up around Mile 5, from which point I was able to hold a blazing 8:00 pace!  

Feeling the effects of higher cumulative mileage, and perhaps more significantly, lack of sleep.

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
5.000.000.002.507.50

7.5 Miles in 55:44 on a nice, albeit humid, morning in Little Rock; ran 1.25 Miles to Scott Field track, three additional laps to complete a two-mile warm-up (17 mins), followed by 4X400m Repeats at 5K pace (85ish secs) and 2X1200m Repeats at 5K pace (4:25ish); 400m jogging recovery at 8:00 pace between quarters and 800m jogging recovery between 1200s.

Happy to hit 70+ Miles on a busy, active, and fun week with my family.

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
5.0010.000.000.0015.00

AM:  10 Miles in 69:38 on a nice morning in the low 70s in Little Rock.  

I ran the very challenging 10-Mile Loop that has become a staple since I moved into Midtown; ran east from house on Evergreen (or H Street), crossing over Kavanaugh to Lookout, where I pick up the LR Marathon Course for nearly 5 Miles (roughly Miles 16 - 21); after the northern dash down Lookout and the rhythmic pounding on the River Trail, I pushed hard up Overlook (2/3-mile climb) and through the hills of Camack Village knowing that 70 minutes was a possibility; with no traffic on a Sunday just past 6:00 am, I opted for the usually busy Cantrel pavement as I picked it up for the last half-mile, turning back down Hughes to my house.

Great run...home before the wife, kids, or even the dog stirred.

PM:  5 Easy Miles in 38:41 on a hot afternoon.

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
13.004.000.000.0017.00

16 Miles in 2 hrs, 1 min on the TM; 8:00 - 7:30 pace for first 12 Miles followed by 4 Miles at slow MP.

17 Miles total including one-mile commute.

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
11.502.000.000.7514.25

13.25 Miles in 98 minutes on TM; Miles 11 and 12 at 6:58/mile and 5 striders at 5K pace during last 1.25.

14.25 Miles Total including one-mile commute.

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
13.503.001.000.5018.00

AM:  10.5 Miles in 75:45 on TM; 6 Miles in 7:47 - 7:13 range, Mile 7 at 6:58, Mile 8 at 6:40, Mile 9 at 6:18, Mile 10 at 6:00, and final half-mile at 5K pace (6:00 - 5:30 range).

PM:  6.5 Miles in 47:23 on a hot afternoon east from BDB 3.25 Miles and back.

Commute:  1 Mile.

Total:  18 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
11.255.000.000.5016.75

AM:  10.25 Miles in 80:00, including 4 striders, on TM.

PM: 5.5 Miles in 37:00 on TM; after half-mile warm-up, ran 5 Miles at 6:58, 6:49, 6:40, 6:31, and 6:18. 

Commute:  1 Mile.

Total: 16.75 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
20.500.000.000.5021.00

AM:  14.5 Miles in 1:47:30 with Dave along the Arkansas River Trail on a nice morning in the mid to upper 70s.  Dave continues to impress with his recovery and strong running...

PM:  5.5 Miles in 43:00, including 4 striders, on TM.

Commute:  1 Mile.

Total:  21 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
11.000.000.000.0011.00

11 Miles with Dave and my brother, Luke, on FSR 152 and FSR 132 starting from Lake Sylvia in the Ouachita National Forest; climbing out and downhill back on a 90 degree, sunny day.

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
16.000.000.000.0016.00

16 Mile out-and-back loop starting from Pinnacle Mountain, following Pinnacle Base Trail two miles to Ouachita Trail, where I could have run to Oklahoma had I had the inclination.  But, this run, with the rolling single track hills and rocky terrain, was all I wanted.  All I carried was a 24 oz. Gatorade, and I pushed it coming back, running a negative split and finishing right at 2.5 hours.

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
9.000.000.000.009.00

8 Miles barefoot on TM.

9 Miles Total including one mile commute.

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
0.009.001.000.0010.00

9 Miles in 61 minutes on TM; 3 at 6:58, 3 at 6:51, 2 at 6:40, and 1 at 6:11.

10 Miles Total including one-mile commute.

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
7.000.000.000.007.00

6 Easy Miles on a scorcher along Hwy. 171 with my brother, who is visiting from Charlottesville, Virginia.

7 Total Miles including one-mile commute

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
8.000.000.001.009.00

8 Miles in 58:20, including 8 striders, on TM.

9 Miles Total including one-mile commute.

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
11.000.000.000.0011.00

11 Miles at 7:26/mile on a scorching afternoon along Hwy. 171 near my parents' home.

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
9.000.000.000.009.00

9 Miles in a foggy steam bath starting at 4 am so I could help prepare for my nephew's birthday party...and watch the British Open.  

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
6.250.000.002.008.25

8.25 Miles in 58:15, including 4X800m Repeats at 2:53, 2:49, 2:47, and 2:46 at Scott Field Track on a 90+ degree afternoon.

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
2.254.002.001.009.25

8.25 Miles on TM in just under 55 minutes; after a one-mile warm-up at 7:30, I ran a 7-Mile Progressive with the following splits: 6:58, 6:51, 6:40, 6:31, 6:18, 6:11, and 6:00; quarter-mile cool-down.

9.25 Miles Total including one-mile commute.

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
5.000.000.003.008.00

7 Miles on TM; after 3.5 easy miles, I ran 3 Miles in just under 18 minutes, followed by a half-mile cool-down.

8 Miles Total including one-mile commute.

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
21.502.000.001.0024.50

AM:  14.5 Miles, including 8X200m striders, in 1:52:00 on TM.

PM:  9 Miles in 67:00 on TM; Mile 8 at 6:58 and Mile 9 at 6:28.

Commute:  1 Mile.

Total:  24.5 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
7.000.003.000.0010.00

10 Miles, including 12X400m Repeats, on a hot afternoon at the Scott Field Track.  This workout looks better on paper that what it actually was.  I ran the 400s untimed and probably no faster than 90 seconds/repeat.

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
0.006.000.000.006.00

6 Miles barefoot in 39:30 on the infield of Scott Field Track; 89 degrees and sunny.

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
6.250.000.000.006.25

6.25 Miles in 45:00 on a steamy afternoon.

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 7.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.008.000.000.008.00

8 Miles in 55:56 on a stretch of Salem Road in Saline County; I was "running out" a major traffic jam (caused by high-speed chase!) for folks trying to get back into Little Rock.

I considered briefly whether the fine citizens of this part of rural Arkansas actually thought I was the fugitive...

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
3.004.750.000.007.75

6.75 Miles in just under 47 minutes on TM; one-mile commute for 7.75 Total Miles.

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
234.5074.759.0014.75333.00
Night Sleep Time: 185.50Nap Time: 7.00Total Sleep Time: 192.50
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