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April 20, 2024

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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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It is nice not being on a structured program. When I found out Clyde and Logan were coming up yesterday  I switched things around and did the rest of the weeks mileage yesterday. This morning I got up early (again) and went over to Big Cottonwood to hike up to Lake Blanche with a friend from work. We had perfect timing. We were the first ones of the morning to get to the lake and then we had about 20 minutes to look around before a small cloud burst. However, the cloud burst was right around sunrise and it gave us a rainbow. Then on the way down (despite a number of other hikers) we saw a Moose and her calf. In fact they saw us. They were less than 50ft off the trail and looked up as we were passing. Really cool. Round trip was 6.75 mi with ~3400ft to the lake (by Garmin). The rest of the day was family time and errands. Now on to taper madness...

Asics DS-Trainer #3 Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From sam Dean-Howard on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 17:19:47 from 90.208.239.153

adam sounds like a great hike and I love to see wild animals in their natural state cool :)

From Jon on Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 14:35:44 from 138.64.2.76

Do you need a place to stay for TOU? My guest room is empty this time, if you need it.

From Superfly on Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 18:19:27 from 208.117.127.110

Adam as of right now (Wed afternoon) we are within .1 of each other on the mileage board for the year. You are 1817.5 and I'm 1817.4 ... kind of spooky. Jk. I was just looking through the mileage board and noticed it. You better run 20 a day so I don't catch you:)

From Adam RW on Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 22:47:23 from 67.186.226.36

Sam, Thank you. I really love the nature out here. It is so great being right on the edge of all these parks. None of my hikes have been more than a 20 min drive from my house.

Jon, Thanks for the offer. I'll be in touch.

Clyde, Ha ha. My ace up the sleeve of not blogging for a few days. However, this week and next week I'll only total 60 miles (not including the marathon) and the week after will be low so you have plenty of time to surpass me and get a good lead.

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