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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

Even with the messed up workweek I didn’t want to skimp on my workout this morning. I know that running a 5K every Saturday isn’t the most typical workout plan but it allows me to do something quicker and I like it. So I got up at 5am and after a small breakfast did the home 5K TT again. Today I was feeling about the same as last Saturday. Today it was only about 70F and felt a little more humid. I had a similar plan, 1mi wu, 5K and 4mi cd. Ran it an additional 14 seconds faster than last week. Not as marked of a drop as between the previous two weeks but considering how tired I was this week I’m happy with it. Also, even with yesterday off I was only 1.5 mi off of last weeks total so all and all a good end to the running week.

1mi wu to Sunnyside: 8:57 HR 138

5K TTv2

Mi 1: 5:31.7 HR 173 dwn Sunnyside
Mi 2: 5:30.2 HR 180
dwn 1300E
Mi 3: 5:44.2 HR 184
dwn 1300E
0.12: 0:36.9 HR 190
5:15 pace finishing at 2100S

TOTAL: 17:23.0 HR 179 Avg. 5:35

I finally hit the second mile fastest. What is amazing is how close Sasha’s course tool comes to my effort or my effort to the course tool. The first two miles are spot on! I lost 4 seconds on the third but gained 2 back in the extra 0.12. Pretty happy with that.

I did a longer cool down than the previous weeks and ran all the way to the top of 21st before finishing down Foothill home. Which gives me an extra 2 mi for a 4 mi cool down. Someone gave me a honk on the way up 21st but I couldn’t tell who it was. I was still recovering at that point.

4mi cd home: 7:51 HR 160

The next step is to run a race. I need to do something that I can post on the race reports and "get credit" for the quicker running :)

RM 090416 Miles: 0.04Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Andrea on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 11:15:39 from 67.177.11.154

You are making significant progress with each time trial....it just goes to show how much improvement you can make with a faster effort every week.

From Jake K on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 13:26:26 from 67.177.11.154

You deserved that honk! :-)

nice running this morning

From Adam RW on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 13:38:44 from 67.182.250.241

I have always wondered where the picture from the Windows desktop is taken. It has to be from the race course you two did today. It is amazing how many of the pictures are from UT.

Any way I'll make your race comments here so my in box doesn't fill up :)

Andrea, nice second place on what was otherwise a training run.

Jake, looks like you also had a fruitful training run.

I love the smell of lavender I have to consider that one in the future.

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