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December 31, 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

Thu, Mar 15, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
11.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.00

Same run as yesterday but went a couple bridges further west before turning around. I also took it a bit slower. I'd turned the last few days into bit of races.

Avg. 7:57 HR 148

RM 090416 Miles: 0.10	Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 11.00

Night Sleep Time: 6.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.50	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 08:28:43 from 155.100.226.54

I like running along the river in Boston. Always lots of people out, and its hard to just go slow. Good running this week!

From Adam RW on Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:08:59 from 50.78.253.49

The other nice thing is I run inland and then back out to sea so it is really hard to keep any control during the end of the run.

Also, and don't get me wrong I love the wilderness, but there is something so vitalizing about being in the mix of a big city. So much life around yet you can feel completely isolated and enjoy it.

I did a bunch of people watching last night. Today I unfortunately had to get some work done during our meeting downtime but the fact that even before 6am you can see dozens if not hundreds of other people out running sure lights a fire...

From Jake K on Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:10:46 from 155.100.226.54

The energy there is probably even higher than normal w/ the marathon only a month away now - people ramping it up!

From Adam RW on Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:17:19 from 50.78.253.49

Yesterday I ran a little later than this morning and there were definitely groups you could tell were there for marathon prep. It is funny the number of people you see wearing the marathon garb. I know it is the home town but it seemed like everyone was "showing their colors" so to speak.

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