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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
8.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

Good start to the day. Up early to get my run in before breakfast and church. The temp was great. I actually had to stop and take off a layer (~53F). It was windy though. NOAA had listed 20mph with 33mph gusts. Fortunately I was only running into that for miles 3 and 4. The rest was tail or crosswind as I did a squarish run. A good sign is that my quads are more sore than my knee suggesting that it is my lack of fitness and not injury that kept me slow today. Now just to get fit again... Avg. 8:39 HR 136

Saucony Rides #5G Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From montelepsy on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:38:04 from 155.85.58.253

What kind of scientist are you?

From Jon on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 17:04:42 from 75.169.137.163

Good thing you ran before the snow...

From Adam RW on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 22:07:52 from 98.202.223.65

Jon, I couldn't believe the weather today. By the time I got out of the shower the wind had done a 180 and three hours later there were 3in of snow and it was 20degrees colder. I guess timing is everything.

Mike, I'm a molecular biologist that studies heart disease in diabetics. It also looks like I'm going to follow in your footsteps. I also have two girls though they are a few years behind yours. I like the style of your blog, especially the 6in high heels... Thanks for serving our country when do you come home?

From wheakory on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 02:34:29 from 24.116.159.75

Nice way to begin the week Adam. It seems like most of your runs you do are uphill is that correct. Great easy steady pace today.

From montelepsy on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 04:46:57 from 155.85.58.253

Cool job, Adam! Thanks for the kudos. Way to go with the daughters! I had a chemistry professor who said that certain professions seem to have a higher incidence of daughters. His theory was that male gametes were weaker and were further weakened by exposure to chemicals, thus daughters.

I took a molecular bio and my professor came to class one day unprepared, apologized, told us a dirty joke then dismissed class. He was my favorite.

From Adam RW on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 08:11:10 from 155.101.152.103

Kory, Yes most of my runs are hilly. My commute runs are majority uphill because they are point-to-point and up to The U. The rest should have equal up and down. I actually am faster if I start up because I'm slow anyway so then I can warm up even slower and finish fast.

Mike, Sounds like a familiar theory. My mom also used to tell me one about daughters too but this is a family friendly blog :)...

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