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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

Tue, May 03, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
5.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.50

Track workout! It is funny the whole way to the track I was going back and forth if I was even going to do this. But somehow I convinced myself. It had been a while. To the best of my searching since Nov 11th when I just went to test the new U track (at which time I did 8x4 Avg. 84). Today I only braved 6 bumped up from an initial plan for 4.

2mi warm-up to East Track
Avg. 9:25 HR 130

6x400 w/ 200 rest after each
Split (HR; rest)
78.5 (166; 74.3)
77.8 (179; 77.9)
75.0 (177; 63.3)
77.3 (181; 84.2)
79.5 (175; 77.8)
78.5 (179; 99.6)
Avg. 77.8
Not the easiest track work out I've ever done nor the most consistent...

1.75 mi cool-down to work
Avg. 9:18 HR 151

Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 5.50

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

Comments

From Kory on Tue, May 03, 2011 at 18:47:23 from 134.50.89.24

Nice work on the track. This will at least give you a gauge on where your fitness level is at for speedwork.

From Adam RW on Tue, May 03, 2011 at 19:01:27 from 155.101.152.123

Hey Kory, Thanks for checking in. Yes it is a good gauge and I'm happy that it was significantly faster than in Nov. If I'd remembered I did 8 back then I would have done the full 8 this morning. I was definitely feeling it though.

From Jon on Sun, May 08, 2011 at 10:08:22 from 74.177.82.113

I find it interesting how much higher your heart rate was after than before, esp. since your pace was so equal. I'd be curious what your HR was at the beginning vs end of cooldown.

From Adam RW on Sun, May 08, 2011 at 16:24:43 from 24.10.132.131

Jon, I think your comment about the beginning and end of the cooldown is most likely the explanation. My HR takes a lot longer to lower than it used to. I notice that the better shape I'm in the quicker it is. In college we used to take our pulse after hard runs and wanted our HR below 100 bpm within one min after finishing. Now it takes me nearly 5 min...

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