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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
11.000.000.000.000.000.000.0011.00

AM: SUPER-EASY mountain climb. My legs are feeling better however my right foot was a little sore. I ran up Dry Creek this morning. It was SO NICE! It was cool, I was still in the shade of the mountain, almost no wind, I didn't see another soul my whole way up, and there was an amazing assortment of little song birds and flowers. Relaxing run. Very slow though with a total of 720 ft of ascent in 3 miles. Down is no quicker as most of the run is ~15% grade. Mi 6-T1 Avg. 10:29 HR 129

PM: Evening runs are always faster. Had a pretty good day over all. After getting into work early and having that nice trail run in the morning I got some work done and then went to an all day career seminar. It was what to do with your PhD. I'm pretty set on my path but it never hurts to listen. After some more lab time got home for family time and dinner then out the door for a loop of SH. Mi 5-T1 Avg. 7:26 HR 155 

Asics DS-Trainer #1: 192 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 189 / / Saucony Rides #1: 200 / / Saucony Rides #2: 187

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Steve on Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:12:02

I have no Saturday plans. I'm up for a long run. I can meet about any time on Saturday at any place. I was planning on doing about 15 or so.

Let me know.

Steve

From Steve on Thu, May 15, 2008 at 17:54:29

We could run in Park City if you're interested. I've never run the rail trails, but heard they are nice.

From wheakory on Fri, May 16, 2008 at 08:44:33

Great recovery miles and smart taking it easy after some impressive miles yesterday.

Man! you can move that was great speed work yesterday. I wish you were running Ogden too.

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