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Location:

Vestavia,AL,USA

Member Since:

May 31, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon Top 10 Finishes: 7 Bridges ('15), Utah Valley ('13), Salt Lake City ('08), Top of Utah ('07), and St. Louis ('04). Ran around the equator (24901.55) in 4,388 days.

Personal Records
Marathon 2:39 (SLC '08)
1/2 Marathon 1:12.30 (Provo River, aided '08)
10K 34:16 (Track, sea level '00)
10K 33:15 (Des 10K, aided '08)
8K 25:32 (Crack of Dawn, aided '13)
5K 16:44 (Track, sea level '00)
5K 16:07 (Running of the Leopards, aided '12)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~NYC Marathon November 3, 2019~~ done

~~London Marathon October 3, 2021~~ done

Tokyo Marathon March 3, 2024!!!

And my largest challenge to date, raise $20,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of my cancer survivorship and in memory of those lost to blood cancer...
DONE! $26,403.70

https://pages.lls.org/tnt/al/london2021/awende

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy being a Masters Runner.

Get under 3 hours one more time...

Personal:

Grew up outside Chicago and joined the blog while I lived in Salt Lake City. Now living outside Birmingham. I am married with two daughters. Wife thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living...

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	331.25
RM 090416 Lifetime Miles:						136.06
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles:						200.18
Nike Vaporfly Pink Lifetime Miles:						122.22
Saucony Ride #37 - Black Lifetime Miles:						56.50
Saucony Ride #38 - Neon Lifetime Miles:						53.50
Saucony Ride #39 - Grey Lifetime Miles:						59.50
Brooks Launch #38 - Grey Lifetime Miles:						65.25
Brooks Launch #39 - White Lifetime Miles:						57.50
Brooks Launch #40 - Blue Lifetime Miles:						54.00

Tue, May 05, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

AM: Hope to get in some more mileage tonight. We will see. This morning was just a door to door commute run. Avg. 10:07 yes 10:07... HR 153 obviously not rested...

PM: You have to love the summer. It is nice to be able to get the girls to bed and still run in the light. I also timed it perfectly so that I was at Tanner Park as the sun was half over the horizon reflecting off of the Salt Lake. My legs were sore and I'm still pretty tired but I ended the day in a much better mood than I started it. Avg. 7:54 HR 149 much better...

Saucony Rides #4R Miles: 10.00	RM 090416 Miles: 0.01	WM 090416 Miles: 0.01

Night Sleep Time: 5.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.50	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From sam on Wed, May 06, 2009 at 07:04:11 from 78.32.130.9

Well Done on getting out and doing some miles keep the good work going.. when is your next race??

From Adam RW on Thu, May 07, 2009 at 22:29:23 from 155.101.240.182

This is a super lite year. I only have 4 races planned and none of them are "serious". I went into this year thinking how I'm going to juggle the growing family and the increasing work load. My plan right now is for a race in New Orleans the second weekend of June. I'm going to a meeting of 30,000+ and they host their own 5K (~1,000 people, mostly walkers). Then there is a Utah holiday 10K that I've run each year I've been here. It is super fast aided course but I've been struggling with doing it or not because of some lagging knee pain. Then a 1/2 in Aug and a full in Sept. But I do not have time goals for any of the races just stay healthy and think about a sub-2:35 for Oct '10 and a sub-2:30 for Oct '11.

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