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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, Apr 16, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

Where start. I drafted a pretty lengthy entry in my head during the run but due to time constraints this is what you get. Up at 4:40am and couldn’t (didn’t want to try) to go back to sleep for the extra 30 min so I just headed straight into work. I worked until about 7am then out the door for my run. It is funny that the other day one of the excuses that I gave Kory for not running on flatter courses around here is that most are boring. However, I tend to run the same or very similar courses every day. Then when I do find a new course I run it to death as well, speaking of which I ran my new Chad/MG/Work loop. I even saw Chad this morning on it… I was so lost in my thoughts though I almost ran past him. This time I didn’t get off the trail in MG like I did last time so it was an easier loop. Avg. 8:07 HR 144

Saucony Rides #4R Miles: 8.00RM 090416 Miles: 0.03
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From JD on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 14:29:09 from 64.65.159.206

RM 090416??

It's nice when you can find a new route to run that works.

From Adam RW on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 15:11:53 from 155.101.152.103

JD, You are quick. It is an inside "joke" with my wife. Maybe I'll fill you in at a race sometime...

From superfly on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 21:44:11 from 209.33.210.52

Good job Adam. I always put together a good entry on the run too but then when it comes to blogging it I never do what I had in my head while running any justice.

From Adam RW on Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 13:57:11 from 155.101.152.103

Thanks Clyde. We need to bring a taperecorder that can transcribe for us. The problem is even fewer people would stop by my blog then...

From Jon on Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 14:03:50 from 138.64.2.76

Make it a podcast.

From Adam RW on Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 14:14:24 from 155.101.152.103

Jon, I like it. I contacted Garmin awhile back seeing if they could get a tracking feature (runner lowjack) but they said no time soon. But if I had the podcast with the live running... I could even wear a camera on my head!!! It must be Friday I'm stir crazy.

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