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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
Thu, Aug 06, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
12.500.000.000.000.000.000.0012.50

AM: The good news is no baby wake ups. The bad news is that my body decided to wake up anyway. The good news is that when it is done that way I can go right back to sleep. The bad news is even with the pretty solid night of sleep I felt very sluggish this morning. The good news is that I'm all set to have another productive day. Ok enough of that... Campus-commute run in. More of a brisk walk than a run but I got in some extra mileage. Avg. 11:14!!!

PM: An ok day. Not as good as yesterday but still taking steps in the right direction. I'm taking the night off which should help. Did a treadmill run while watching a movie. Started at 8 for the first 4 then picked it up 2 tenths of a mile per hour the rest of the way. Broke a good sweat.

Asics DS-Trainer #3 Miles: 4.50Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jon on Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 09:49:27 from 138.64.2.76

I hate those days when you wake up earlier than you need to... or don't sleep well when you have the chance.

From JD on Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 12:01:01 from 64.65.159.206

Good and bad news is better than no news at all.

Hey, I may have just been able to keep up with you today!

From Adam RW on Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 11:26:34 from 155.101.152.103

Jon, I'm just happy my wife gets to my daughter most nights before she wakes me. She's really helped protect my sleep a lot lately.

JD, You would have been running circles around me backwards...

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