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SLTC Winter Series 10K

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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
Race: SLTC Winter Series 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:34:34, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.760.006.240.000.000.000.0016.00

Today was a great running day. I went into the race ambitious and more or less lived up to my expectations. It is the most confident I’ve felt running in, I can’t remember how long. The training is finally paying off. Consistent easy high mileage…

I was treated to a third massage this week by Sandra and it really did the trick. Yesterday’s speedy mile also helped boost the confidence level and pain threshold. I went into the race wanting to try and maintain 5:30 pace. About the same group was there again (minus Ted, I sure hope he is soon 100% again). I did a two mile warmup with Sasha and Steve and one mile on my own. For the race I ran the first two miles with Albert. We were shooting to NOT go faster than 5:30 pace and we succeeded, 5:39. During the second mile I felt like he was going to pull away and that he was pushing the pace but we barely broke 5:30, 5:29. After that I picked up the pace and he fell back a little, but by the next marker I had actually slowed again 5:37. After the turnaround I really wanted to catch the two guys ahead of me. One of them was a Running Advantage guy that I didn’t catch in the 5K and the other was a guy in gray. So I bore down and passed them both, 5:27. The next mile I was feeling on fire and only slowed a little 5:32. The final mile I could feel the wheels starting to come off so luckily it was the last, 5:34. The final 0.24 was in 1:14. Overall, I finished 5th in a 34:33.53 for 6.24 miles at 5:32 pace with a HR of 183. After the race I immediately changed into my warm-ups and trainers and reran the course plus an extra little to round off the mileage. I am very happy with today and only have minor aches and pains to show for it. I looked back and this is my 4th fastest 10K ever. I had two track races my senior year in college faster and my Des 10K time last year. So this was my fastest non-aided 10K in almost 8-yrs!!! I am VERY happy with it. It did play a toll on my body as the rest of the day I had stomach problems. I shook stuff loose running that fast… I was able to spend the afternoon with my family but am sitting at work typing this up now. Hopefully I’ll get home at a decent time to get some good sleep. Overall, today makes me that much more hungry for the team relay in Phoenix the end of the month and my marathon in April…

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From James on Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 23:13:49

You are running awesome right now! You pretty much ran a PR today, very impressive. You will like Del Sol, and you are definitely in shape for it.

From Tom on Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 23:14:25

Wow congrats on the awesome race. Sounds like it's going to be a great year for you.

I think my wife Kim got a picture of you coming into the finish. All the pictures she took from the race today are posted with my race report.

From Chad on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 00:00:34

Adam--It is awesome to read about you running strong and feeling good. That's what the hard training earns you. Great race. Keep it up.

From jody on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 00:18:55

Great job today!! Good luck at Del Sol!

From Jon on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 00:59:05

Nice job!

From Ian on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 04:19:10

Good strong and confident race, Well done.

From Paul Petersen on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 11:26:49

Awesome job! It always feels good to approach those old college times. Soon you will be beating them...at altitude!

From Brent on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 18:38:02

Adam, good to meet you, awesome race and time, 100 commando points for the flat altitude PR, much tougher than Sea level and Des News.

Stay Cool, Run Hard, B of BS Rools out

From dave holt on Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 18:44:32

Good race Adam. Nice to build that confidence up as the season starts to heat up now!

From Adam RW on Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 00:00:34

Thank you everyone for your comments and support. I feel really good today despite the effort yesterday. I think for the first time in over 17-months I believe that I am 100% again.

From jtshad on Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:46:34

Great race, Adam! That is a smoking time. You are running great.

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