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"5K" at ASBMB San Diego

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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
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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
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Brooks Launch #40 - Blue Lifetime Miles: 54.00
Race: "5K" at ASBMB San Diego (3.41 Miles) 00:18:53, Place overall: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
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In San Diego for the Experimental Biology (http://experimentalbiology.org) conference. It is my first time attending this meeting and it has been good so far. They had a small fun run that I wasn't sure what to expect. It was a good race. Turned out that a 4:16 miler showed up and stole the show but he was a good guy and we had a good warm-up so I knew what I was getting myself into. My hotel is only about 1 mi from the waterfront so I ran to the start, did a little extra and then did more with the eventual winner. The race went up and down a few of the outlets of the bay and had two hairpin turns but was what I expected for a race of ~100 people. Due to some construction there was a last minute course change so it was long but that was fine.

Warm-up: 5+ Avg 8:02 HR 143

Mile 1: 5:17 HR 180
Mile 2: 5:36 HR 187
Mile 3: 5:46 HR 189
0.41 mi: 2:13 HR 189 (5:28 pace)

TOTAL 18:53 for 2nd place

Cool-down: 1+ Avg 9:13 HR 139

Adidas Adistar (flats) #2 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From bgrun on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 07:42:32 from 98.164.27.103

Congrats! Wish we could have taken you out to celebrate in San Diego. Best of luck getting connected.

From Jake K on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:51:14 from 155.100.226.54

Good race Adam! Not bad a day after running most of the SLC 1/2 too :-)

Thanks again for pacing Andrea on Saturday. I had fun just watching you two cruise along!

From Andrea on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:05:47 from 72.37.244.100

Nice job at the 5k+! That's a good time for the longer course. Glad you had fun too. I must not have worn you out enough on Saturday :)

From ACorn on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:00:44 from 174.232.205.195

Great 5.5k! Anytime spent in San Diego is a plus :)

From JD on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:03:43 from 70.96.78.149

congrats on another FAST 5k!

From Adam RW on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 16:10:53 from 12.139.57.253

Mom, No worries. The race was near the restaurant I think Grandpa Gehrt took us to 10 years ago. Was it the Harbor House at Seaport Village? The meeting is going well. Busy but useful.

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