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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
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Single: Two nights in a row with 8 hrs sleep, it is unheard of. Today was an easy paced day. Morning errands with family then a solo run during naptime. Followed by more family time. Now I'm at work finishing up for my talk next week... Longest run in a few weeks and though I didn't feel "back" I wasn't in pain the whole way either so that is good... Mi 10-R3

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 371 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 112 / / Saucony Rides #1: 445 / / Saucony Rides #2: 448 // Saucony Rides #3: 255 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 205 / / Adidas Adistar-2 (flats): 4 / / 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Phoenix on Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 22:34:15

I don't know if you feel a rust-buster on the track would be safe, but I'm thinking about Yasso 800s for my last hard workout on Wednesday. If you feel like testing yourself, I wouldn't mind the company. I'm guessing I'll be at 3:00 +/- 5 secs for 10 of them. It will be the first hard workout in several weeks for me that I'll go into without heavy legs.

From Adam RW on Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 22:37:35

Very tempting. I was super close to calling you up last night to join you for your long run today but decided the sleep and family time was more important right now. The track sounds good, I need the confidence but the few surges I put in this week tell me not to push my luck. I want to be completely surprised or dissapointed at the line in two weeks... It is amazing how much blog time and e-mails you can get caught up with while in lab at 8:30 on a Saturday night... Ok back to the poster...

From Jon on Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 22:40:07

8 hours of sleep? Lucky. I think I've had 10-11 hours in 2 nights, combined.

From Adam RW on Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 22:41:22

How about I trade you some of my sleep for the great workouts you've done this week :)...

From MichelleL on Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 22:45:07

intervals are probably the last kind of workout you should do when you're recovering from injury. good call.

From Phoenix on Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 23:01:26

I just finished plating a bunch of transformants, but I'm home now and out of the lab. Good luck with the poster.

Since books came up a couple of weeks ago. I'll toss out a recommendation I purchased and am reading:

"I am a Strange Loop" by Douglas Hofstadter--incredibly stimulating.

From Adam RW on Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 16:17:50

Eric, It does look interesting and fits in well with our discussion last run. If I ever finish Atlas Shrugged I'll have to look for a copy (or borrow yours :))...

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