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December 22, 2024

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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, Jun 06, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00

I always forget how easy I had it in the Midwest, flat, oxygen in the air. I felt like I was dragging and looked down to at least a minute per mile faster than what I thought. The outskirts of the convention area are a little depressing but the run was fine. Now off to learn. Avg. 7:02 HR 160

Asics DS-Trainer #3 Miles: 8.00	RM 090416 Miles: 0.26	WM 090416 Miles: 0.13

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

Comments

From Bonnie on Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 09:46:31 from 75.164.111.39

Sorry about the first grant Adam, I will keep my fingers crossed about the second.

Conference away!

From redrooster on Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 22:22:13 from 71.219.124.241

what meeting are you at and where in the midwest? good luck with the poster and talk!

From Adam RW on Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 23:05:25 from 12.235.198.2

Thank you. Still no word on the 2nd grant. Anytime this month.

I'm at the American Diabetes Association meeting in New Orleans.

My talk was today and it went well. It was the best attended yet. We estimated there were about 200 people there. It was a little stressful but I clicked to my acknowledgment slide as my time expired so I couldn't have planned it better. I had a good number of questions and even better a number of people that waited to talk to me after.

After my boss hooked the lab up with a dinner at Emeril's and I just got back from an awesome meal. The smoked mushrooms appetizer was the best but the 15yr Scotch dessert was the icing on the cake so to speak.

From redrooster on Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 23:19:01 from 71.219.124.241

nice job, 200 people is awesome attendance for your seminar, and great to make those connections.

My last meeting in NO was an ASM meting at the old conference center, by the riverfront mall, before the hurricane. Have they rebuilt that? It was a nice conference center, and the mall was neat. Walked down every day from Bourbon Street where we stayed. I hope NO is recovering, what a great city. Get out to LaFiette if you can take a break and rent a canoe for a day, great adventure out in the swamp with the gators!

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