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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
33.000.000.000.000.000.000.0033.00
Brooks Launch #1 Miles: 8.00Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 14.50Asics DS-Trainer #4 Miles: 8.00RM 090416 Miles: 0.02Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 2.50
Night Sleep Time: 37.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 37.50Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00

Rest day. Due to the crazy weather we had the opportunity to go from 70F+ yesterday to about 3in of snow today! Went sledding with the family. Which consists of me running up and down the hill carrying one of the girls or the sled. Good workout in itself. Very fun.

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
8.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

Very busy work day. Evening run from work to Memory Grove. MEM FireHouse confidence mile.
5:15.65 HR 178
Overall a nice run. More than 1100ft of elevation change.
Avg. 8:03 HR 148

Brooks Launch #1 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.000.000.000.002.50

Very drowsy commute run in. Day was also a strange schedule but just as busy...

Avg. 9:34 HR 137

Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 2.50
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
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Interesting day. Still busy but I guess that is part of why they call it work. Did a home loop tonight. I was inspired by my FH mile earlier this week and wanted to try something a little more fun... 

DISCLAIMER: Running down 21st south is more like a controlled fall, a prolonged stretching of the legs. The good news is I hit my mark.

4:52.92 HR 184 Ascent 43ft/Descent 351ft

I still get excited whenever I see a 4 in the one spot. Aided or not I'm obviously getting back my speed. Now for the slow gain of endurance and building a bit of that tortoise slowly but surely.

Avg. 7:05 HR 160

Asics DS-Trainer #4 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.000.000.000.002.50

Commute run. Great news. No knee pain with the effort last night.

Avg. 10:04 (not kidding) HR 133

RM 090416 Miles: 0.01Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 2.50
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 0.00
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Two days after the sub-5 and still no pain. I think this is a sign that I'm as back as I'm going to be. I'm still going to be overly cautious with the mileage build but I would like to get back into the 60 mi/wk range... Maybe 2012 I'll try and move back into the 80 mpw...

Horrible work week. But I have survived it and am ready for the weekend.

Commute run.

Avg. 9:23 HR 133

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.000.000.000.0012.00

A very sluggish noonday run. It snowed the whole run but that was mostly refreshing. Did a run out Wasatch Blvd and back via some of the SLC marathon course.

Avg. 8:30 HR 132

RM 090416 Miles: 0.01Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 12.00
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
33.000.000.000.000.000.000.0033.00
Brooks Launch #1 Miles: 8.00Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 14.50Asics DS-Trainer #4 Miles: 8.00RM 090416 Miles: 0.02Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 2.50
Night Sleep Time: 37.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 37.50Weight: 0.00
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