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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
Thu, Sep 20, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.000.000.000.002.50

Commute run into work. Back there again now... With the race out of the way I have a bit of catch-up to accomplish. Still struggling with what the next marathon will be. I have tossed around the idea about Ogden and Cody was kind enough to send me some info on it. My main thing is to get it on the calendar no matter how far out.

Avg. 9:55 HR 143

Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 2.50
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From steve ash on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 21:01:08 from 174.52.177.84

Great course for a marathon. I may not have run my fastest time on it but I feel like Ogden was my best so far. The only things I don't like about it are the size and the stupid lottery. Other than that, I think if your having a good day there you will run really well. Be sure to train hard on hills though..

From Adam RW on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 21:02:34 from 155.101.152.123

Did you do the Striders series as your build-up?

From steve ash on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 21:05:35 from 174.52.177.84

Yes, and it worked really well especially since the weather was phenomenal that year:)

From Jake K on Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 08:41:16 from 155.100.226.191

I actually went a whole 3-4 days this time around before starting to thinking about when and where the next marathon will be. After Philly and Boston, I was already in that mode after 3 hours! :-)

Ogden does seem like a nice one... UVM is also a well-organized race if the lottery thing didn't work out.

From Adam RW on Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:00:32 from 155.101.152.123

I like the idea of UVM but am worried about what might be going on next summer. I want a spring marathon without much travel. I could do SLC again and try and break my PR on the course but it has changed. Alternatively what are your thoughts on the Provo City marathon?

From Jake K on Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:37:47 from 155.100.226.191

It would be better if the elevation profile (first/second halves) were reversed :-)

Wouldn't be a bad option by any means for that time of year. Not sure how competitive it would be for you, though... that could definitely be a "23 miles in no-man's land" type of race. But I guess almost any marathon could end up that way.

From Adam RW on Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:00:38 from 155.101.152.123

But could I then crack the top 3? This year probably not, but the year before I could have been right in the mix. I'll toss this idea around with the others...

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