A Balance, Redefined

December 22, 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

Tue, Mar 05, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
13.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

It is only Tuesday but this has been a VERY full week.

AM: Slept in to make up for Sunday night. It was nice to get the full 8 hrs. Still in work before 9am. A&W commute. Then meetings more or less the whole day.

Mi 6 Avg. 8:45 HR 142

PM: Wiped out after that day. Did the A&W commute + back home. Then worked on career stuff and back in lab. Just wrapping up now.

Mi 7 Avg. 7:31 HR 140

RM 090416 Miles: 0.01	Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 13.00

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jtshad on Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 07:32:31 from 141.221.191.225

Sounds like you are busy! Hope you are doing ok with all that life is throwing at you right now.

From Adam RW on Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 10:35:58 from 155.101.152.123

Just struggling to keep that balance. Problem with wanting to be good at what you do and then wanting to do more than one thing... But progress is good and things are more or less holding together. Not sure what I would cut out even if I wanted to, since I don't that makes it even more difficult. We'll see how things turn out. Thank you for the support.

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