A Balance, Redefined

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
8.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

Happy St. Pat's Day! Most likely will end up with a 2-a-day today. Commute run in via mid-campus. Then around noon a large group from the building is planning on a run to the top of the nearest mountain behind work. We'll see if it happens... I really like the trend with my heart rate. It is finally coming back down for these easier runs.

Avg. 9:29 HR 128

Super crazy day. I managed a second run! Since I arrived at The U a group of people in the building get together to run to the top of the nearest summit by campus and have a toast to Dublin... I've always had an excuse why I couldn't go. But today I didn't allow myself that. It was beautiful up there. Perfectly clear view of the entire mountain range around the valley. It is crazy how out of my element I was running up that grade. I've done some runs up that way before but not for over a year. It was GREAT!

UP Avg. 13:58 HR 166 Ascent 1671 ft in 2.35 mi
DWN Avg. 10:15 HR 140 Descent 1350 ft in 1.65 mi

That is no joke about the mileage I timed them separately and and it came to exactly 4mi total.

RM 090416 Miles: 0.01Brooks Launch #1 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From jtshad on Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:02:35 from 204.134.132.225

A great day of running. Glad to see you getting back at it. I hope that work is going well and your family is well also.

From Adam RW on Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:23:43 from 155.101.154.50

Last year was rough not racing and this year so far has been rough with work. However, my family is doing really well so God/life always has a way of forcing you to find the balance that is right for you. How have things been in your neck of the woods?

From jtshad on Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:45:15 from 204.134.132.225

Doing well thank you. Busy at work (which is good) but a fair bit of traveling which is tough on the family. Lots going on with family (kid's activities make evenings go by quickly) and church (I am our council President this year...lots of stuff to do). So, not much spare time to be had for running so I am still getting up at 4am to run...which is getting harder and harder as I get older!

Have a great weekend!

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