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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
8.006.000.000.000.000.000.0014.00

Today was a great day. Got in early and quickly polished off half of my to do list. Got out the door by 10am for my run. The air was a little hazy but otherwise the weather was great. The temp was so warm that I actually ran the last three miles topless. So here goes the workout, out and back south on BST. Starting at the golf course 2-mi on with 1-mi recovery. My goal was 11:40 (slightly faster than goal pace).
3 mi warm-up on the trails behind This is the Place and up the hill on the east side of the Zoo. Avg. 7:59
First 2-miles 11:40 (5:52, 5:48)
1 mi recovery 7:32
Second 2-miles 11:40 (6:04, 5:34) This was the same mile out and back. It started just north of suicide rock up the hill past the new Parley’s footbridge to the school and turn around in the parking lot back down. Elevation change 4280 to 5005.
1 mi recovery 7:35
Last 2-miles 11:47 (5:55, 5:52) I let up a little too much on the down hill
3 mi cool-down Avg. 8:26
Overall, I was happy with the workout considering the workload and reduced sleep this week. My only complaint was that the effort the last two miles was harder than I would have liked. The 5:34 was actually the easiest with the ~750 ft elevation change.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From wheakory on Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 22:01:39

Nice run your miles were consistent. Very nice run in higher elevation. Your going to smoke when you run in lower altitudes. It was nice meeting you briefly at the Top Of Utah Marathon. Sounds like your training/schedule is as busy as mine at times to squeeze runs in.

From jtshad on Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 16:05:45

Fine run, good fast pace on those 2M segments.

From Adam RW on Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 16:31:40

Thanks guys.

JT sorry about the weather bringing you inside yesterday. I've been able to sneak out during the day so even the few cold mornings we've had its been nice by the time I got out the door.

Kory how are your legs after the marathon? Way to make top three!

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