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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
Tue, May 31, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.500.000.000.000.000.000.008.50

Work is starting to hammer me again. Between two talks and a poster to present in June I have three trips in the next 8wk! Very different than my normal schedule. At least one trip is non-work...

As part of my stress relief and as a confidence builder for the half coming up (June 11th!!!). I did the exact same run as yesterday but today I hammered the Firehouse and Memory Grove miles with ~.75 mi rest in between. My main goal being to negative split the second with a hoop dream of having both under 5min.

~2 mi warm-up
Fire House 5:09.8 HR 175 Ascent 30ft Descent 210ft
Memory Grove 5:00.8 HR 176 Ascent 22ft Descent 209ft

Overall happy with the run. Only thing sore is my calves. Another busy work day tomorrow we'll see how some rest goes.

Avg. 7:16 HR 161

Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 8.50
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 00:49:52 from 174.23.237.228

looking great for june 11th!

From Steam8 on Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 00:50:12 from 166.70.55.77

I love the pic of you and your two cuties in the stroller! Nice run today!

From Adam RW on Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 08:58:08 from 155.101.152.123

Allie, Nice win on Monday. How are the shins now? Do you think you'll make it for the half or sit tight and get 100% before you do something that long.

Amy, I'm sorry about your injury and misbehaving knee. I find the best solution for me for knee pain is a hot epsom salt bath followed by an ice massage. I have frozen dixie cups and you peel back the paper and use the ice block to massage the sore area.

From allie on Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 09:16:50 from 174.23.237.228

thanks adam. my shin isn't doing so well right now, so i'm not running until i (hopefully) get some answers from the doc tomorrow. i would rather be 100% for des news than to continue racing now -- i'm only perpetuating the injury, it seems.

From Adam RW on Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 11:04:24 from 155.101.152.123

Allie, That sounds like a great plan. It is harder that way but in the end I think you'll benefit with the extra 1+ month of preparation/recovery.

From Steam8 on Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 01:01:03 from 166.70.55.77

Thanks for the tip. I am going to try to run again tomorrow. I better get the Dixie cups in the freezer in the morning! :)

From Adam RW on Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 08:28:29 from 155.101.152.123

I sure hope it does the trick. It helps me and I try and do it with any run longer than 10 mi or harder than marathon pace.

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