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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 17, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.000.000.000.001.00

Me and my blisters on the treadmill. No hip pain, just knee. Now back into lab. I had a rough day and want to get a head start on tomorrow...

Barefoot Miles: 1.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Scott Ensign on Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 00:04:51 from 65.100.253.126

sounds like the postdoc blues. I had those a lot. My PhD adviser warned me about them. hang in there!!

From Adam RW on Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 00:09:57 from 155.101.152.103

Actually it was that the guys replacing the carpet in my office (which I didn't know was even going to happen until 8:30 this morning when they showed up and told me I had to get all my stuff out) took some of my food, when I confronted them, of course they were like we didn't take it but since it was there before they came in and they were the only two in the office all day... It just really upset me.

The post-doc thing is getting more stressful. Especially now that I'm finally buckling down and trying to get myself faculty ready. It is also exciting though, I'm learning new things again and really like it. Thanks for the words of encouragement.

From CookieLegs on Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 00:27:01 from 71.36.82.81

Glad there is no hip pain. On a scale of 1-10 what is the knee pain? It's good that you keep doing the a mile on the TM - you can monitor your progress that way.

Triple level of aggravation about not knowing about moving your stuff until 8:30 this morning, and then having your drink/food go missing, and then knowing the culprit is one of the workers. (Maybe we should bring in some chocolate chip cookies for the workers tomorrow? We could substitute a bunch of salt for the sugar.)

From Adam RW on Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 00:30:26 from 155.101.152.103

I like your thinking but I'm finally getting over it. I definitely got too worked up, but it was the principle of the matter and how blatant they were walking around with the cans... Anyway it is over and I want to leave it at that.

My knee pain is not that bad. Only about a 3 but that is also why I'm keeping to the low mileage. Tomorrow I'll commute in and get the long run (2.5mi) :)...

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