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March 29, 2024

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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
6.506.000.000.000.000.000.0012.50

It is nice to relax. Yesterday got home from work early. Played with the girls and headed over to a BBQ a friend from church was hosting. He knows how to party. He had the most amazing steak, beacon wrapped chicken tenderloins and the sides were equally as fancy. A few full coolers and a trunk full of fireworks. We weren’t able to stay for all the fireworks but we did do some sparklers and smoke bombs. In any case it was a late night and then early morning. I had to get the run in before the 8am neighborhood 4th pancake breakfast. My plan for a couple of weeks was to run the 2X5K workout this morning. This time I started and finished at the exact same spots so that I could directly compare my efforts. Last time the plan was 2X18min and I hit ~18:15s. This time the plan was as hard as I could muster on the first and then negative split. Same one mile warm up. Turned down Sunnyside and I was off.

5:28.71                        HR 162

5:33.11                        HR 172

5:38.97                        HR 178

0:38.11                        HR 179

TOTAL 17:18.90

It felt ok. My leg/knee was a little tight but otherwise it was a good effort. About a three mile recovery back to the start and I was off again.

5:22.58                        HR 168                       Better, a little more awake

5:32.63                        HR 175                       I could feel the fatigue but at least it wasn’t slower

5:40.42                        HR 180                       Really feeling it. Bummed I couldn’t negative all the splits

0:36.86                        HR 182          

TOTAL 17:12.49

Overall, I am happy with the results. I made my main goal and ran the second faster. Both were hard but not all out, 5hrs of sleep 2 beers and a pound of steak have a way of slowing one down. I know there is room for improvement but my progress is going in the right direction. The rest of the day was relaxing. Pancake breakfast, hour nap, ran some errands for the around the house, and grilled for both lunch and dinner and that is about it. Avg. 7:24 HR 150

Asics DS-Trainer #3 Miles: 12.50RM 090416 Miles: 0.01
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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