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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
Tue, Sep 16, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.002.000.000.000.000.000.006.00

Single: Went to bed a little early and slept in a little. I needed it after last week. Also, I had the best run this month. My knee was still tight and I can really feel the loss of fitness but it felt good to push it a couple miles. I went by effort as my Garmin is still out... So by 2 at MP I have no idea what that means but it felt relatively good and fast... Mi 6-R3

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 371 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 108 / / Saucony Rides #1: 445 / / Saucony Rides #2: 448 // Saucony Rides #3: 231 // 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 Cuttitta on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 09:53:30

Man, I've been living in a cave for a month. Started teaching and working on my hose and just have been neglecting the blog.

Sorry to see that you're banged up. Are you still a go for SGM?

Perhaps a silver lining for you. Back in 2002, I got injured right near the end of July, just about 4 weeks before CC started. I ended up taking a week off and then two weeks easy miles -- like 3-7 miles every other day. I went to CC camp, ran all the easy runs for a week, and then ran a 10 miler (just for a long run, my longest in 4 weeks) and ran a PR at the time. I know it doesn't always work like that, but you never know....

I have TOU in 3 days. My legs were in a funk for a couple weeks there, but I've felt okay the last 10 days or so. I'll post after the race.

Steve C

From Adam RW on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 21:34:49

Steve, Good to hear from you. I was wondering what happened but was to wrapped up in my own little cave to give you a call. I'm hoping for something like you describe at St. George (though I find it unlikely with the runs I have accomplished). Good luck this weekend, I think you'll have a good time (both figuratively and literally).

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