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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
Wed, Apr 29, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

Work stress continues to wreck havoc on my mind. However, it is just a matter of remembering baby steps are steps none-the-less. My sleep was also interrupted a number of times last night after a few peaceful nights so that added to the fun. Into work early and had my stuff set-up and I was out the door. To keep things moving in the right direction I planned to run up Dry Creek and kept to plan. It makes it hard to do anything but easy miles when running up (UP!) a dirt/rock trail. I know Jon could make it into a hard run but I’m still learning that skill. My way up I was averaging about 11s and on the way back about 9s. Avg. 10:12 (Just a little slower than yesterday, :)) HR 135

Saucony Rides #5G Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jon on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 22:19:09 from 75.169.144.233

Running up trails makes it hard by itself, esp. if you base it off heart rate. I will do whole trail runs averaging 9-10 mph.

From Bonnie on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 23:24:28 from 71.210.112.242

ahhh Adam, I miss that run!

Good job. Deep breaths on the work stress. It is so hard to "leave it" - the good thing about academics is the relative flexibility in schedule, the bad thing is that it means you are never really "off".

From jtshad on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 17:31:59 from 204.134.132.225

Hope the work stress subsides. Great mileage this month.

Hang in there...sleeping any better yet?

From Adam RW on Fri, May 01, 2009 at 00:29:37 from 155.101.240.145

Jon, By HR I was slacking today too. But as is my style, keep it slow most of the training.

Bonnie, I'll try and keep my hands clean and enjoy your weekend.

Jeff, I'm happy with my progress and pre getting back to it planned out my mileage for the rest of the year. Two purposes of that. One time commitments and two I want to get out of this injury cycle and I'm going to keep with the turtle pace mile increases and just accept that I won't be on the top of the mileage board until next year. But then watch out :)...

From Adam RW on Fri, May 01, 2009 at 00:30:51 from 155.101.240.145

Jeff, Didn't really answer your questions. Sleep is still hit or miss but the better nights are more frequent. Work stress. Well that is the career path I chose and the personality I am so I just deal and enjoy complaining about it (though I secretly thrive on it)...

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