Wesley Hunt

RUN4SHELTER Hillcrest 5K

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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
58.2530.001.0010.86100.11
Night Sleep Time: 24.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 24.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.000.001.001.0021.00

AM:  16 Miles on a humid morning around 70 degrees along Hwy. 171; first 3.5 Miles with Dad, then kept it around 8:00/mile until turning around at Mile 8 mark just past the entrance to the Lake Catherine State Park Visitors' Center (near the lake); ran a little harder coming back (7:33/mile) with Mile 15 in 6:15 before cooling down back up the driveway to parents' house.

PM:  5 Miles, including 10 150-200m striders, in the rain.  Awesome

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
6.500.000.005.0011.50

11.5 Miles on TM; 3 Miles to warm-up followed by 6X1200m Repeats in 4:30/repeat (6:00 pace) and one 800m interval at 5:49 pace; 800m jog after each 1200m and 1 Mile to cool down.

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
8.5011.000.000.0019.50

AM:  12:25 Miles in just under 96 minutes on treadmill; Miles 9-12 at 6:58/mile before a quarter- mile cool- down.

PM:  7 Miles in 48 minutes and a quarter mile cool-down on TM.

Total:  19.5 Miles; 11 at MP.

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
5.250.000.000.756.00

Recovery Day:  6 Miles in 44 minutes on Scott Field Track; 6X200m striders during final mile and a half.

Great afternoon, 78 degrees with a nice pre-autumn breeze.

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
11.000.000.001.0012.00

12 Miles in 1:29:30, including 8X200m Repeats (5:52 pace) during Miles 11 and 12, on treadmill.

Nice morning outside, but I needed to catch up on my sports (ESPN) and news (CNN).  I am hoping to take advantage of the lower temps and humidity when I knock out a 20 Miler tomorrow on the Arkansas River Trail tomorrow morning.

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
2.0019.000.000.0021.00

I was out the door at 5:30 am for a half-mile warm-up to the Mile 7 Marker for the Little Rock Marathon.  From there, I ran the final 19 Miles of the Little Rock Marathon Course in 2:12:53.  I backed off slightly for a mile and a half cool-down back to my apartment and 21 Total Miles.

It was 68 degrees when I set out this morning, and I managed the run with a 20 oz Powerade, drinking at timed Miles 8, 14, and 17.  I have rarely used GUs during this round of training, but I am still planning to do so when I race...I think...

As to my next race, I will be running the inaugural Sleeping Bear Marathon in Empire, Mighigan on October 7.  Where is Empire Michigan you ask?  I have no idea!  But I will have the brightest and most beautiful tour guide in Mighigan by my side to deliver me to the starting line.  

Wesley 

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Race: RUN4SHELTER Hillcrest 5K (3.11 Miles) 00:17:46, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.003.119.11

Up around 4:00 am and trouble getting back to sleep.  So I decided to eat breakfast, read a little, and headed up to the Little Rock Hillcrest neighborhood for a 5K that raises money for one of my favorite local non-profits, Rock of Hope, which supports initiatives to end homelessness in Central Arkansas.  While I had not intended to run this race (largely because of my 21 miler yesterday), I'm really glad I did.  Two members of my Church, Ruthanne Murphy and Jim Garrett started Rock of Hope, and knowing their hearts and motivation, I will always support their missions in iny way possible.  

I ran comfortably and averaged around 5:40/mile on this out-and-back course that includes a downhill mile from 0.5 - 1.5, and a corresponding uphill mile from 1.5 - 2.5; approximately 9 Miles total after 5 very easy miles to recover.

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
58.2530.001.0010.86100.11
Night Sleep Time: 24.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 24.50
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