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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, Dec 31, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.000.000.000.0014.00

So hard to accept another year has come and gone. Woke up nearly three hours before my alarm. Was planning on sleeping in as I took the day off work but this worked out better. This year has by far been the most intense with the move and everything else that has changed. Running wise this year has also been the strangest. I ran a crazy fast 8K in April and a respectable marathon in June but then with the move nothing. In fact I haven't even done consecutive hard miles since the marathon... I made the mistake of looking at my total mileage for the year before heading out the door so my planned 5 (and early rise) became the 14. Saw a racoon and two blue heron but no other runners. By putting in the 14 miles today that gives me my 5th highest mileage by half a mile in the 16 years I've been keeping track (1998 first full year of records although been running distance since 1995). That being said I'd say that 2013 has been a good one both on and off the road and I'm curious to see what 2014 brings as my new schedule becomes routine.

Happy New Year

Avg. 9:14

RM 090416 Miles: 0.35Saucony Rides #11 Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 4.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jon on Wed, Jan 01, 2014 at 10:21:07 from 107.203.52.135

Happy New Year to you, too

From jtshad on Wed, Jan 01, 2014 at 10:32:11 from 69.20.183.178

A very busy and exciting year for you! Hope that 2014 treats you well.

We are coming to Birmingham at the end of March for our spring break to visit a friend who is touring with the Young African's choir in the area. I would love to see you and get in a few runs while we are there! Let's stay in touch and I will let you know what our plans are looking like (Mar 22-28 timeframe).

From bgrun on Wed, Jan 01, 2014 at 21:41:49 from 68.251.35.57

2386.70 is pretty impressive.

Have a wonderful 2014!

From Adam RW on Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 06:36:34 from 138.26.42.154

Overall, seems like there were a number of good years. Hope the trend continues for 2014.

Jeff, I sent you a direct e-mail. We will definitely have to figure something out while you are in town.

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