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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
5.002.002.000.000.000.000.009.00

Single: Today was one of those days I just listened to my body. I knew that I had a lot of work today so I needed an early start but I was also exhausted so I decided on the extra hour of sleep instead of two runs today. Ended up working from ~6am-8pm minus 15min lunch and ~1hr  for dinner and a walk with the family. Out the door for my run at 8:15pm. It was starting to feel “nice” if 85+ is nice. I was completely unsure of what I wanted to do for my run. I wanted to start getting more speedwork in and decided on a completely made up workout. I’d been in contact with a former colleague of mine who is now working overseas and he sent me an article he wrote about training low and raising high. For this he means muscle glycogen. The idea is to glycogen deplete before a workout to force your muscle to better utilize other fuels. He had initially suggested a workout but I made this one up instead. One mile warmup, then two miles MP, then 1 mile recovery, then hit HH track for 4x800 with 400 rests, finally cooldown back home. I definitely felt the fatigue in my legs during the repeats but not sure if it was from glycogen depletion or just overall mental fatigue from the long day at work. Here is the breakdown.
SLC-MM 4&5, mile 4 is crazy fast but I took it easier 5:44 and 5:31
Then to the track.
2:47 (85 and 82)
2:44 (84 and 80)
2:43 (83 and 80)
2:38 (81 and 77)
I like that I maintained control and hit the second quarter faster each time but I would have liked to see them more in the “Yasso” range. But with the faster miles as warm-up and the nice finish I was happy. Mi 9-R3 Avg. 7:05

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 368 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 0 / / Saucony Rides #1: 434 / / Saucony Rides #2: 426 // Saucony Rides #3: 9 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 189

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From JD on Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 11:31:28

Nice workout! Especially at the end of what sounds like a very long day. Hey, I was wondering how a run like that affects your bedtime, are you too hyped up to go to sleep at a reasonable time or what?

From Adam RW on Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 11:36:30

Under normal mileage sleep after a workout is tough. But I'm increasing my mileage this week so between everything else in the day when my head hits the pillow I'm out.

From Cuttitta on Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 12:52:02

Nice workout. I sometimes like the late night stuff myself.

I have to pass on tomorrow. My wife is playing soccer in Idaho, so I'll be running my 20 up there. Alone.

See you next week at the Provo Half. 1:13 sounds like a plan. That would be a PR for both of us.

Steve

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