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December 31, 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

Mon, Jun 09, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

AM: I slept in an extra hour this morning. My usual Monday meeting was canceled. It is strange sometimes when you get rest after not having it you truly realize how tired you were. Yesterday was the first day in about a month that I did zero work on top of that sleeping eight hours I thought I would be rearing to go this morning. It was not to be. However, I did finally get out for my AM run at about 10:30am. I just climbed Dry Creek and back. Mi 6-R2 Avg. 9:17

PM: After dinner did the suicide rock run. Nice climb out, nicer descent back. Get a little overzealous in the beautiful evening weather on the way back but otherwise nice and easy miles today. Mi 6-R2 Avg. 7:58

Asics DS-Trainer #1: 254 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 252 / / Saucony Rides #1: 259 / / Saucony Rides #2: 260 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 157

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Steve on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:31:58

The next guy behind me in that 15 miler was at least 8-10 minutes back. We actually left before he finished. I won't tell anyone that there was a cash prize though!

From Steve on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 16:29:02

Let me know about Saturday. I might be running the Holladay 5k instead of doing a LR this week. I'd like to race something shorter, but we'll see what happens.

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