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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

Sat, Aug 22, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

Early AM: Up early to go on a hike with a friend from work. We headed over to Mt. Olympus and headed up. To my surprise there were already a good number of cars in the parking lot. We passed a good number of people on the way up. Just to find a group of about a dozen kids aged 12-19 that had started up at 3:45am! Total climb was only to 9050 ft by Garmin, official 9026 ft. We made the ~3mi ascent in under two hours for a total of ~4500 ft. It was a great hike. Not as scenic as Grandeur Peak a few weeks ago but good in other ways. Even more people heading up on our way down. I was surprised it was 70F when we started and is supposed to hit record highs today.

Single: After I got home I grabbed a quick snack and then packed up my older daughter to take her on a run around the park. It was pretty warm by the time we headed back. In fact the slides were too hot for sliding :(... Avg. 9:18

Saucony Rides #7M Miles: 12.00

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

Comments

From sam Dean-Howard on Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:33:17 from 90.201.147.164

Adam, sounds great I take it you were running this, as it seems pretty quick to go up 9000ft in that time, or have I read you blog wrong ?

From Adam RW on Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 14:00:54 from 98.202.223.65

Hi Sam, We were hiking. The total ascent was only 4500 ft. The trail head is at ~4800 ft and the extra 300 ft is because there are a few rollers. The thing that is tough about this climb is that ~2300 ft are in the last mile alone.

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