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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
13.000.000.000.000.000.000.0013.00

Today was the craziest day of all.

AM: Memory Grove loop from work. My quads are still killing me from the hike on Sunday. My blister is more or less a non-issue though. Avg. 9:12 HR 139

The morning was going more or less like a usual day. I had planned two runs for the day. In lab things kept going wrong. We have a number of summer undergrad “helpers” and some of them are better monitored than others, I’ll leave it at that. By about 2pm I was ready to through in the towel and head for the hills. Then I checked my e-mail and found out that I GOT MY GRANT! That means I have a job for at least another three years. It is nice when hard work pays off.

PM: After going home early (4:30pm if that is early) and a celebration dinner of sushi with my family I had to drop some stuff off in lab and then headed over to City Creek. It was a perfect evening, I’m sure the good news of the day helped. Legs were still sore so I took it easy again. Tried to go off road but was forced back by the overgrown trail I chose (12:51 for that first mile). Then back on the road and up to the water shed line. About a quarter mile before the mark there is a little waterfall. I was busy looking at it and had to clear my nose. Upon clearing it a buck took off from the bush about 50ft ahead across the road and bounded into the bush. I think I startled it more than it startled me but it was still cool to see. Also, my friend the hummingbird was dancing in the dusk light near picnic area number 8 again. Avg. 8:23 HR 136

Saucony Rides #7M Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From JD on Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 19:52:29 from 166.128.78.74

Congratulations on getting your grant! Very good news!

From Phoenix on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 17:11:42 from 155.101.197.36

Adam, congrats on the grant. That's a big step. I'd be celebrating too.

From jtshad on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 17:41:31 from 204.134.132.225

Ditto, congrats on the grant!

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