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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, Feb 02, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
2.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.50

I'll say it felt a little better this morning. I made it all the way into work. It is hard to say if it was the drugs or the stretching though. I'm supposed to do them 4-5X per day and so far so good. I'll just keep looking forward and hope that it was just this SI joint misalignment and will go away as quickly as it popped up on me...

Brooks Launch #1 Miles: 2.50

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bonnie on Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 16:57:02 from 128.196.228.134

Good luck Adam ... sorry to hear about this.

From JD on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 18:54:53 from 70.96.78.157

Hope it goes away quickly too, how frustrating! Sounds a little better today though. On the bright side, your sleep volume seems to have increased.

From Rossy on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 12:52:05 from 151.151.109.25

Adam, sorry to hear about your injury. I was just checking back on your blog to see if you were knocking out 80+ mpw. Sounds like the increase in mileage might have caused the injury (same thing happens to me). I think we all can understand the frustration that you are feeling. I'm still recovering from my calf strain; that is, I feel pretty good on slow 13-18 mile runs, but I have not been able to do any speed work or increase my mileage that much. Anyways, I hope you heal quickly!

From Adam RW on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 13:12:34 from 155.101.152.103

Bonnie, Thank you. Just trying to take one day at a time.

JD, I think I'd take the running over the sleep but thanks for the positive spin.

John, Thanks for the assessment. I was very careful last year not to go over 80 mpw. After TOU I took an 8 wk ramp up back to 60+ and then spent 6 wk at 70+ prior to trying the two 80 mpw. I'm still struggling that the mileage was the problem. In Feb two years ago I was already doing 85+. My plan was to try and mirror my training from that time. I guess my base wasn't as strong???... I guess I may never know. The main point is that it is probably biomechanics because it is always the same leg. Most likely (>75%) I'm not going to race SLC anymore though...

From Paul on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 14:54:59 from 65.103.252.214

Sorry to hear of your injury. I hadn't read your blog in a while, and was surprised to see it. As they say, Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes, well, he eats you. So true when it comes to running. That fact that this kind of mileage didn't hurt you in the past probably isn't too meaningful, and I doubt you made a big mistake somewhere either. Sometimes your number is just up.

I can relate in how your pain seemed to get worse AFTER you stopped running. I've had that happen a few times. But PT has always worked for me (3 for 3), so hopefully you're on the right track.

From Superfly on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 14:56:26 from 208.117.127.110

Hang in there Adam.

From Adam RW on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 23:06:03 from 24.10.132.131

Paul, Thank you. You are an inspiration for working through whatever is thrown your way.

Clyde, Thank you. I seem to be gaining a little footing.

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