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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, Aug 23, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
5.50	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.50

AM: Commute run. A little toasty for so early in the morning.

Avg. 8:49 Mi. 2.5

PM: Surprise, surprise, I actually had a workout tonight. I did the TTT, Tuesday Time Trial. This was a run of the Adam's TT 5K on the Course Tool. I had a normal 10 hr day and then after I got the girls down and my wife got back from back to school night I headed out the door. There is a one mile warmup from my house. 8:10 HR 138 and then started down Sunnyside from Foothill.

Mile 1: 5:23.45 HR 172 Descent 156 ft Ascent 38 ft
Mile 2: 5:35.14 HR 179 Descent 242 ft Ascent 160 ft
Mile 3: 5:43.05 HR 185 Descent 125 ft Ascent 87 ft
Mile 0.1: 0:38.68 HR 186 Descent 28 ft Ascent 12 ft

TOTAL: 17:20.32 Avg. 5:35 HR 179 Descent 551 ft Ascent 298 ft

Then two miles up 21st South home. 8:03 HR 163

Overall very happy with the run. It was pushing as can be seen from the HR. But I felt good afterwards. A really cool observation is that by the Course Tool and Sasha's amazing even effort calculator I was almost spot on! 1 sec off on the first mile, 4 sec off on the second mile, spot on the third mile and 4 sec off on the last piece.

Asics DS-Trainer #4 Miles: 6.00	Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 2.50

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 22:50:09 from 24.10.191.18

i agree -- super warm this morning!

From Adam RW on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 00:26:19 from 24.10.132.131

I like the one pull-up this morning. With the soggy grass was there at least some sprinklers to run through?

From allie on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 09:07:07 from 24.10.191.18

oh yes, plenty of sprinklers...

excellent PM workout yesterday. looks like you hit everything just right.

From Jake K on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:02:57 from 155.100.226.53

Nice time trial Adam!

From Adam RW on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:22:29 from 155.101.152.123

Allie, The sprinklers definitely come in handy on those warmer days.

Jake, Thank you. I only wish I was running the TOU 1/2 this weekend. From Andrea's recent 5K it looks like we could have been working with each other... I hope you both have fun with it. Have you announced a time goal? I'm sure your 1:10 will be smashed. The only question is by how much?

From Jake K on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:32:25 from 155.100.226.53

Yeah I think Andrea would definitely have benefited from having you in the race. Hopefully there will be someone near her to give her a push.

FYI - we're going to try to setup a 5K "race" on the track in about a month. I'll keep you in the loop if you're interested in something free, flat, and fast!

I have a range of time goals, but I'm just going to see how the race plays out. I want to compete well, that's the primary objective. But I think sub 1:06 is a possibility and that would make me pretty happy!

From Adam RW on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:35:39 from 155.101.152.123

I would be interested in the 5K. The only thing that kept me out of another half marathon was my low mileage recently. I usually like to be in the 50-60 range...

I am glad you threw out the possibility of a 1:05 and change. Looking over the previous years results and what you have been running recently that is definitely what I had in mind. With the added push of having your family in town...

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