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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

Mon, May 18, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
6.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.50

So here’s the question, to comment on work or not. I guess stress and sleep are a part of training so I’ll keep with the updates. Know though that Saturday was a very encouraging run. Even more so that this morning my knee wasn’t falling off. That being said I ended up working a total of 26 hrs between Sat and Sun and that is taking out breaks for running/family/sleep and eat time. The bad part is I still didn’t “finish” the draft of the review. I’m just under 5000 words and 13 double spaced pages (w/ title pg etc) so progress has been made but the next two weeks are going to be even crazier than the last two. The worst part is that this morning I actually set my alarm for an extra 1.5 hr of sleep and I was wide awake just before 6am anyway, at least my body allowed one of those hours. Wish me luck. Commute run in via SugarHouse. Saw a full grown male peacock walking down the sidewalk on 13^th… There is a little sanctuary there across from Westminster and I guess they can come and go as they please. Avg. 9:14

Saucony Rides #4R Miles: 6.50	RM 090416 Miles: 0.03

Night Sleep Time: 5.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jtshad on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:27:34 from 204.134.132.225

Good luck with all the work stresses, I am sure you will get the review done. Hang in there!

From Bonnie on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:47:03 from 71.210.108.104

Good luck Adam ... I hear you on the work stresses. I am always debating on whether or not to discuss work issues, but it is true that work stresses and running stresses are so intertwined (we will assume that family "stresses" are of the positive kind) it is hard not to discuss them on my blog.

The good thing about running, for me, is that I can actually think about work while I am running, and sometimes I can get things "drafted" in my head. I do this when I am laying in bed trying to sleep but unable to as well, but the "sleeping" work really does not pan out when I get up (most of the time I will remember these "thoughts" and think, why would I ever believe that would work??).

I am giving a talk at Surgical Grand Rounds this week, it is televised!! Not good timing really, since my grant is due June 12th!

From RivertonPaul on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:59:10 from 67.42.27.114

Writing marathons are often more grueling than running marathons! Good luck.

From Jon on Wed, May 20, 2009 at 13:20:14 from 138.64.2.76

I hate it when you finally can sleep in but still wake up early! Or finally get to bed early but lie awake for several hours!

From Adam RW on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 09:17:27 from 155.101.152.103

Jeff, Things are moving along. I'll try and update in a moment.

Bonnie, Thank you for the advice. Sometimes I wish I knew what I was getting myself into earlier. However, I can't imagine doing anything else... Good luck with your work as well. Is your talk on a channel I would get back here?

Paul, That goes to show how tired I was. I didn't even make the connection with the 26hrs...

Jon, Or your baby is up from 2am to 5am like last night...

From Bonnie on Sun, May 24, 2009 at 17:08:02 from 128.196.228.134

Hey Adam, I hope I don't regret this ... and please remember that biology/biochemistry is not my field ... but here is a link to my talk:

http://webcasts.ahsc.arizona.edu/event/?id=22259

Try to stay awake for the punchline ;-)

From Adam RW on Wed, May 27, 2009 at 14:40:28 from 155.101.152.103

Bonnie, Thanks for the link. The first time I tried watching, it wouldn't load. I'll try again this weekend.

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