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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
Sat, Sep 06, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.000.000.000.0012.00

"Single": Last night Jon crashed at my place for his race in Park City today. It is always nice to get to talk to bloggers in person. This morning I did two miles with him before he hit the road and then headed back out for 10 on my own past Suicide Rock and down Wasatch Dr for a little. On my way back I was crawling as my knee was bugging me again :( and two guys caught me right at the drinking fountain. That kicked my butt into gear and I went with them striking up a conversation. They were doing a pace run for TOU at there BQ pace. It is amazing what a little bit of conversation (and competitive drive) can do for a pain killing affect. I ran them in for the last ~1.5 miles of there run and continued on. If you guys did end up checking out the blog welcome sign-up and good luck. (I of course gave them the blog sales pitch...). In any case I was not happy with how my knee felt last night during my walk with Kaitlyn or this morning during the run so I will take tomorrow off and keep the mileage low again next week. I was really convinced that the worst was behind me after being able to pull off that race last weekend but there is still definitely something run. I will "nurse" it through St. George and then take a few weeks completely off... Mi 12-R3

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 371 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 104 / / Saucony Rides #1: 445 / / Saucony Rides #2: 448 // Saucony Rides #3: 205 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 205 / / Adidas Adistar-2 (flats): 0 / /

Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From wheakory on Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 00:03:36

That's smart by taking tomorrow off. I really think with the races you've done leading you up to St. George will carry your fitness through. You've ran a lot of downhill so your quads are fit for St. George. It's going to be great to try to keep up with you. If I can find a place to stay in St. George. I haven't paid yet. Walter offered one of his hotels which was $169.00 per night which I can't afford, and you at least have to stay there two nights. Oh well, I might not end up making it there, but will see.

Anyway, nice run and way to pick up the pace.

From Jon on Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 01:18:03

Thanks again for letting me stay at your place. Good choice to nurse the knee- tell it to get better!

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