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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
Fri, Jun 05, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

It is amazing what a little extra sleep can do. Yesterday turned out to be pretty frustrating with everything getting in the way. But it is over and today is only a half day. As I'm going home early to spend some family time before leaving for the meeting. The run was good. I did my weekly trail run up Dry Creek. It was fun as I passed 5 cyclists on my way up. There were also a number of runners out today. Avg. 8:36 HR 154

Saucony Rides #5G Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kory on Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 16:34:21 from 24.116.153.110

Nice work. Sleep is such a key in running but in general life. Good luck in the meetings.

From fiddy on Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 20:37:06 from 67.183.153.81

Is dry creek the one you acess from the JCC near the med school? That's always crawling with mountain bikes! Anyway it's good to see you churning out 50mpw no problem. I'm running the seattle rock n roll marathon in three weeks, that's my goal race.

From Adam RW on Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 02:18:32 from 12.235.198.2

Thanks Kory. We made it here after 2hr of delays but so far so good. Tomorrow (later today) I will get the talk behind me and then get to enjoy myself a little.

James, Yes that is the one and yes the cyclists can be a problem. but I would say >80% are pretty cool about the rules of the trail. I'm happy with my progress on the road to health. The running is fine it is just when I try and do faster stuff. So for now I'm really just running for mental health. But hopefully soon for racing again. Good luck in Seattle. You thinking high 2:20 low 2:30?

From fly on the Wall on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 16:57:43 from 168.179.215.242

Hi Adam. I was one of the 2 runners that were going the other way as you were running up and out of Dry Creek that day. I meet you at a Sub Way on the way to the St. George Marathon last year and somehow recognized you as we passed on the trail. Go figure.... If only I could recall important things and not just random runner faces.

From Adam RW on Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 23:21:35 from 98.202.223.65

Fly, I actually remember that meeting as well. Though I don't remember your name. I hope your training is going well for this time around and that the weather will behave in STG. Do you run the trails often? I've been doing most my runs starting from the hospital between 5:30 and 6:30 as of late.

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