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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

Wed, Jul 11, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

Well yesterday did not go as planned and today is not shaping up much better. Just a lot of unexpected but urgent work items. This caused me to adjust my plans for today. I had ~2 hr of bench work, some that had to be taken care of early so I just ran in did the work and ran home. Now trying to get that writing from yesterday done, but needed a break so update the blog. It is 5 min well spent :)

AM1: 5:30am Commute 2.5 mi Avg. 9:52 HR 132

AM2: 8:00am Mid-commute 3.5 mi Avg. 8:32 HR 133

RM 090416 Miles: 0.02	Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 6.00

Night Sleep Time: 5.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From ACorn on Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 16:31:11 from 24.2.76.146

You're an insanely busy guy! Nice miles and blog :>

From Adam RW on Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 17:16:32 from 155.101.144.2

Thank you, I'm happy with the mileage and the way my foot and knee are holding up. I'd love to break last years Des10K time.

As far as my insanity goes, it is scary to think about but both my current mentor and my thesis advisor are at least twice as busy. Makes me wonder what I'm getting into heading down this career path. But I can't think of having it any other way.

From bgrun on Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 13:34:47 from 68.251.34.180

YOU CAN DO IT!

"If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do."

I thought it was Ben Franklin's quote, but Lucille Ball is given credit.

Your sister and I did 3.5+ miles Tues.

Have a great "long weekend" wherever you go.

From Adam RW on Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 13:44:00 from 155.101.152.123

Or we can do the Mark Twain version of work.

“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.”

― Mark Twain

Things are getting done. I just set my expectations of what can be completed in a day too high.

From Andrea on Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 14:15:31 from 72.37.244.100

Well, just in case you need another item, I would say "nap" should be added to the list.

From Adam RW on Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 14:46:03 from 155.101.152.123

Don't I wish.

Hopefully one of these weekends I'll join the group for a run again... I've run into Jake but it seems like forever since I spoke to you in person.

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