A Balance, Redefined

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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

Tue, Jan 29, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

A little more sleep than the night before, just under 7hrs. Could have had more but decided that some quality time with Sandra was more important. This “balance” of increased mileage is tough, doable but tough. I was in to work by 5:30am, out the door by 10:30am for my run, working again by 12:10pm. I’m taking a quick lunch now while I type this and back to it. I want to leave early today if possible (not likely as I just had an impromptu 0.5 hr meeting with my boss in the middle of typing this, which led to another 0.5hr meeting and now I’m actually an hour behind boo who for me…). My knee was tight from the double treadmill run yesterday but loosened up nicely on the road today. Same run as Sunday but colder and more relaxed pace. Avg. 7:45 HR 142

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

Comments

From Jon on Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 22:49:50

I'm doing the Ogden striders series instead of the SLCTC. And, I am doing Ogden marathon in the spring. Are you still planning on SLC?

From Adam RW on Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 08:11:28

Yep. Still planning on SLC. It seems like there is a small group of FRBs that are going to do it now. I can't blame you for not coming down for the SLC series as well. I didn't want to travel for both series either. Plus the Strider series looks like great prep for the marathon.

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