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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, Mar 12, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
14.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.00

AM: 6:15am very easy run. I finally got 7hrs of sleep again. I’m feeling much better than yesterday. I did however redefine easy run this morning. I did Memory Grove out and back and think I probably could have walked it faster but that is fine, recovery runs are just that... In an interesting note I dressed before I got into work so that I wouldn’t waste time changing. So while I was setting up in lab I had my heart rate monitor on it read between 38-42 bpm! Miles-8 T2 Avg. 9:10 HR 125

PM: 9:00pm med run. Two consecutive 12 hr work days. Not the best of planning but with the budget crunch some things got moved up my priority list. Good news is tomorrow should be lighter. Ran SW from home and back. Miles 6-T2 Avg. 7:12 HR 137

Asics DS-Trainer #1: 78 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 65 / / Saucony Rides #1: 56 / / Saucony Rides #2: 61

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

Comments

From wheakory on Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:26:48

Nice run Adam. Getting 7 hours of sleep does wonders for the mind and the fresh feeling in the legs. It's great to have patience and take your time on your recovery runs. This is something I could learn from you.

From Adam RW on Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:40:10

Thanks Kory. I have noticed that when I take my easy runs EASY my recovery is much better. It is sometimes hard though, this is the benefit of doing them early when not many people are out and it is still dark and cold.

From steve ashbaker on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 09:03:39

I know roughly where it is through my 5k max effort at the end of an all out 5k plus two beats added. My "conversational pace"seems to be between 118-124bpm. I am being conservative on my max being now at 170 bpm. I saw it 2 years ago around 176 on a heart rate monitor a few times and even a 180 once. But that was a fluke I believe. Studies show that your max can decrease with age by about 2-3 beats per year. So again, I'm not right on, but reasonably accurate I believe with my estimate.

From steve ashbaker on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 09:16:07

Adam, your max is much higher and you may never get the same numbers. At Del Sol I remenber you showing your hr at 200 or somewhere in that range. Am I correct? But thats ok, based on your low resting heart rate vs your max, you have a large heart rate reserve to work with. You my friend may possibly have seen just the beginning of what you are capable of.

From Adam RW on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:34:51

Steve, Thanks for the follow-up and the positive words. Yes my Max should be a little higher than yours. I'm at 30. By the age calculation I use my max would be ~180. However, I'm consistently over that. At Del Sol my monitor had me at 213!!! I was hovering at 200 the first half mile... Then I went down to ~185 for the rest of the leg.

From wheakory on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:00:51

Question: for you Adam and Steve, has it benefited in your training knowing your max heart rate or wearing your heart rate monitor? I've never analyzed what my max heart is. I know it give you a good idea when you are at the VO2max when training.

From Adam RW on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:04:47

I know a lot of people only train by heart rate vs speed and I've heard benefits of this kind of training but that is not my reason for doing it. I do it more out of curiosity. Another reason why I wear it all the time now is that an aberrantly high heart may signal overtraining. As I am currently doing the highest mileage in my life I want to pay close attention to any signs my body can give me.

From air darkhorse on Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 18:38:03

I do it for all three reasons, including the biggest one; It let's me know when I'm ready to win or at least run with the big boys!

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