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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
69.000.000.000.000.000.000.0069.00
Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 8.00RM 090416 Miles: 0.50Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 26.50Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 22.00Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 9.00Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 3.50
Night Sleep Time: 44.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 44.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

Had to run by time. Up early to work a few hours before church. Then after lunch work again until dinner. Had an hour to run after dinner and then back to work until the wee hours of the morn. SugarHouse area run.

Avg. 7:13 HR 152

Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
11.500.000.000.000.000.000.0011.50

AM: Walking dead. At work until after 1am this morning. Not to sleep until after 2am then in early to work.

3 mi Avg. 9:32 HR 137

PM: Very long day. Got a bunch done but felt like my head was in the clouds with the sleep deprivation. Decided to run long home anyway. I needed it. Did the A&W plus a south extension.

8.5 mi Avg. 7:34 HR 142


RM 090416 Miles: 0.10Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 11.50
Night Sleep Time: 4.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.50Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.000.000.000.0013.00

It is only Tuesday but this has been a VERY full week. 

AM: Slept in to make up for Sunday night. It was nice to get the full 8 hrs. Still in work before 9am. A&W commute. Then meetings more or less the whole day. 

Mi 6 Avg. 8:45 HR 142

PM: Wiped out after that day. Did the A&W commute + back home. Then worked on career stuff and back in lab. Just wrapping up now.

Mi 7 Avg. 7:31 HR 140

RM 090416 Miles: 0.01Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.000.000.000.009.00

AM: Not sure what's going on this week but the balance is definitely wobbly. Another night of only 4.5 hr of sleep. Sunday night was because of being up to late finishing a revision of a manuscript. This morning was up way to early to get started on an experiment. The funny part is the earl rise is because of concerns of changes in circadian rhythm with the study. However, in doing so I'm completely messing with my own... Oh well. Direct commute.

2.5 mi Avg. 10:33 HR 125

PM: I very full day with meetings, class, etc... Then a slightly modified A&W commute run home.

6.5 mi Avg. 7:39 HR 148

RM 090416 Miles: 0.12Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 4.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.50Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.000.000.000.003.50

Only one run today. I managed to catch up on sleep. I really feel like the last four days were really two 48 hr days. Now to actually get some stuff of the to do lists...

Avg. 9:13 HR 138

Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 3.50
Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.000.000.000.009.00

Did not sleep well. Up early. I think it was just because my body was in the 4/8 routine... Did a long loop into lab. 

Avg. 8:13 HR 142

RM 090416 Miles: 0.02Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 4.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.50Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.000.000.000.0015.00

Caught back up on sleep. Let's hope tonight isn't another 4.5 hr... Today was all work, the home kind. Morning running errands and then some spring cleaning including completely emptying the garage and filling it back in. Then did a late afternoon run before dinner. Headed over to Memory Grove and then looped back home via State and 21st with the climb all the way up 21st home. There was a brutal headwind heading up to Memory Grove that actually felt cold. However, once I hit the mouth of City Creek I turned toward the Grove and it was a tailwind. I hammered a 5:01.51!!! Actually sort of a bummer. I can still count the number of times I've gone under 5min and I would have liked to have had that today. The rest of the run I just chilled out and enjoyed it. After dinner back to home related work. I'd let a few things slide with all the lab stuff going on... Looks like my next race with be UVM and likely my last UT race. Thanks to Logan for agreeing to be part of a CC team. Should be fun.

Avg. 7:38 HR 149

RM 090416 Miles: 0.25Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 15.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
69.000.000.000.000.000.000.0069.00
Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 8.00RM 090416 Miles: 0.50Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 26.50Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 22.00Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 9.00Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 3.50
Night Sleep Time: 44.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 44.00Weight: 0.00
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