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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 16, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.000.000.000.001.00

Post-doc candidate dinner and another very busy day. No run... I did play around with my daughter's in the backyard for a little and just that running was enough to aggravate my knee... One week from tomorrow for the doctor's update.

I manned up and hit the treadmill for my mile before stretches even though the late night. 

Question: For you barefoot runners, how long did it take your feet to callus over? Mine are covered in painful blisters...

Barefoot Miles: 1.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jon on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 23:41:29 from 75.169.155.7

Hopefully it's a good update.

From Adam RW on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 23:48:38 from 155.101.152.103

Me too. Also, I posted a question you may have some insight into...

From Jon on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 21:53:41 from 75.169.140.169

I've never gone barefoot, sorry.

From Adam RW on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 22:43:41 from 24.10.132.131

Yeah, my bad. I realized that after I wrote the question. The blisters are starting to turn to calluses. Fortunately with only a mile or two a day they have plenty of time to heal and don't get that bad to begin with.

From Adam RW on Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 23:23:49 from 155.101.152.103

Nan, My bad I wasn't thinking. I should have gone straight to you and Aaron. Thank you for the link and for the heads up to check back at your transition. If it wasn't for all my other aches and pains I think I would be having a good time with it.

From Aaron Kennard on Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 23:31:50 from 174.51.250.151

Adam - oops, was logged in as nan when I posted this.

If you are getting blisters when you run barefoot it is probably because you need to adjust your form. You should read http://www.barefootkenbob.com for tips on running barefoot, there is a ton of pertinent information there.

I rarely get blisters running barefoot. When I raced a 5K barefoot I got some painful blisters because of the friction of pushing a pace I was unaccustomed to.

When I have gotten blisters, I have found it completely painless to run on them within 2 days. The feet seem to rebound and heal really fast.

You can read my november and december posts from last year if you want to see my early experiences running barefoot.

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