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March 28, 2024

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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.252.750.000.000.000.000.0012.00

AM: I finally did a track workout. I’ve been toying with the idea for a long time and have been “afraid” of the track for awhile. However, I really think I need some FAST work if I want to make a large enough dent in my next marathon time. The biggest confounding factor has been the sleep and work issue. The last four days I’ve totaled only about 24hrs of sleep most of that was not restful… The work thing did come around and should be submitted a few days early which is a first for me. Anyway on to running. After getting into lab at 5:30am and setting up a bunch of stuff I jogged (8:45 pace) down to the East High track (literally it is 550ft lower in 2.11 miles). My plan was for a ladder workout and though my legs felt very flat I wanted to try to run by feel on the way up and try and repeat on the way down or negative. Here is the workout distance time (recovery distance time), the old fashioned way with my watch not Garmin…

200 35.67 (200 75.89) yuck had wanted 33 or lower

400 74.85 (200 75.97) yuckier had wanted 72 or lower

800 2:38.16 (400 2:30.19) I wish the 400 rest was my 800 time…

1600 5:30.48 (400 2:19.82) At this point I just conceded that my goals were too high for today and the sleep deprivation was playing a toll. So I stopped and did some pushups and just finished up the ladder without anything in mind.

800 2:47.05 (400 2:31.49)

400 80.89 (200 80.74)

200 37.32 (200 81.26)

Then a brief walk and the climb back to campus (9:39 crawl). Yep back up that hill after that s..l..o..w.. workout. The only consolation was there was a group of military runners also doing a workout and at least they were impressed a few even made some nice comments. That helped me push to the end of the run. Mi 8-T2

PM: Just trying to boost my mileage this week with a lot of easier miles. My knee was completely thrilled with the track work this morning but after about ½ mile it loosened up and let me enjoy the beautiful dusk weather. Mi 4-T2 Avg. 8:40


Asics DS-Trainer #1: 238 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 239 / / Saucony Rides #1: 231 / / Saucony Rides #2: 244 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 157

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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