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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

Sat, May 05, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
13.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

I had tossed around a few ideas of what I wanted to do today. At first I thought about running a 5K time trial, as I was not making it to a race. But in the end opted for a 5xmile. I did one mile warmup, one mile on one mile off for 10 miles and then a two mile cooldown back up home.

Split, Avg. HR, net elevation change

Warmup 1mi 8:46 148 -128ft

5:58 169 -37ft

8:00 145 8ft

5:50 170 -60ft

7:24 146 -63ft

5:44 172 -57ft

7:34 148 -15ft

5:51 177 5ft

7:45 152 17ft

5:39 178 -42ft

8:37 145 46ft

Cooldown 2mi 9:11 144 307ft

Overall I felt good about the workout and the effort.

Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 13.00

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Sat, May 05, 2012 at 13:44:01 from 67.182.215.126

Nice job Adam! Big cutdown from the 1st to last reps.

I sent you an email, but we are going to run 8-10 miles easy tomorrow morning.

From Andrea on Sat, May 05, 2012 at 14:01:54 from 67.182.215.126

We need to do mile repeats together!!

From Adam RW on Sat, May 05, 2012 at 14:09:37 from 67.182.250.241

Nice races today.

Andrea I just told Sandra that 17:0# is my most common 5k time. You are racing so strong, great job. I'd be up for the workout. My limiting factor is family time is 5 to 7, otherwise I don't see the girls.

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