A Balance, Redefined

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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, Apr 05, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
10.00	7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.00

Single: Marathon course pace run. I drove out to where Steve and I turned off last week at 4500S. I parked near the 18 MM ran ½ mi out and back took off a layer and then headed out on the course. I had one more mile warm-up and then started pace to the finish. It was a tough effort, there was a 10mph headwind the entire way except the 1/8 of a mile on the south side of Liberty Park. My left foot and glut were both acting up a little. Good news is that my nose was behaving and breathing wasn’t too bad. After the pace portion I walked back to 400 S and then ran back to my car following the course in reverse. At Liberty Park I ran into a friend from work also training for the 19^th and stopped to chat for a moment. If today would have been the marathon I don’t think I could have done better than a 2:43. I just wasn’t feeling it. All that being said I’m fairly happy with the workout I was only 40 sec off pace for the whole segment, with the wind and having to adjust speed at intersections for lights/traffic I can’t complain. See below for splits. Mi 17-T2 Avg. 6:57 HR 154

Leg	Distance	Target	Avg. Pace	Avg. HR
Warm-up	2 mi	NA	7:18	145
MP	MM 20	5:50	5:53	173
	MM 21	6:00	6:08	175
	MM 22	5:54	5:56	176
	MM 23	5:54	6:01	178
	MM 24	5:48	5:48	179
	MM 25	6:00	6:09	179
	MM 26	5:49	6:00	180
Cooldown	3.5 mi	NA	7:43	140
	MP Total	0:41:15	0:41:55
	Diff Total		0:00:40
	MP Avg.	5:54	5:59
	Diff Avg.		0:05.7

Asics DS-Trainer #1: 134 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 129 / / Saucony Rides #1: 128 / / Saucony Rides #2: 124

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

Comments

From jtshad on Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 08:48:38

Good run. Man, I wish I was running with you at SLC...good luck heading into the taper weeks.

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