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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
10.003.000.000.000.000.000.0013.00

AM: Managed 6.5 hrs of sleep. In to work at 6am, planning on running right away but changed my mind to wait a little later. Finally got out at 10:40am and did a 3xmile w/ ½ mile recoveries. I ran my usual Memory Grove out and back starting the first mile repeat at the FireHouse. Then for the recovery I turned back and ran the ½ mile back up and repeated. This way I ran my 8-mile course in 10-miles, a fun little twist. I was much happier with this workout compared to Tuesday. Here they go…

Mile 1 5:39 Down 143ft Rest 4:26 Up 66ft

Mile 2 5:29 Down 122ft Rest 4:28 Up 149ft (went up City Creek instead of the way I came)

Mile 3 5:14 Down 231ft (was shooting for 5:19 but I’ll take it!!!)

Then I recovered the 4-miles back to lab. The run was great. In addition to the nice mile splits the quails were out in force. I think they are the funniest birds ever. I love to watch them run, and the funny feather on the males makes me laugh every time. On top of it there were two hummingbirds playing around the Shriner’s Hospital on my cool down just darting back and forth in front of me. Mi 10-T2 Avg. 7:26

PM: Just three easy TM miles while on daddy duty. Mi 3-T2 Avg. 8:00

Asics DS-Trainer #1: 238 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 252 / / Saucony Rides #1: 239 / / Saucony Rides #2: 248 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 157

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Adam's Mom on Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 07:44:27

Sounds like this run was "for the birds" How Fun! Good times too.

From Adam RW on Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 09:18:16

Mom, I thought you like that part of this entry...

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