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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, Jul 03, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00

Happy 4th of July Weekend to All!

I hope you are all enjoying your weekends. The weather here is perfect and so far the weekend has been a blast. We stated today with a short family fun and then off to other adventures. I am VERY happy with my volume for this week. I want to do another 2-3 weeks here and then move on.

Asics DS-Trainer #4 Miles: 3.00

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

Comments

From JD on Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 18:49:55 from 209.183.51.65

Awesome to see you running again. Have a great weekend!

From Adam RW on Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 11:49:23 from 24.10.132.131

Hi JD, It is nice to be back. Even if only for fitness. I really need it. It is great to see how well you are running this year. Happy 4th!

From steve ash on Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 12:04:50 from 64.134.236.60

Nice to see you again Adam!

From Fritz on Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 00:26:29 from 67.186.240.44

Adam, Good to see that you are getting better. I injured my knee about 4 weeks ago and I am slowly realizing that my summer race schedule is probably shot. I suppose we can always live to race another day. I hope you had a great 4th.

From Adam RW on Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 09:32:36 from 155.101.152.123

Hi Fritz, I am sorry to hear about the injury. It looks like you had an amazing spring up to that point. I knew about the SLC win I did not know about the Ogden win or the Squaw Peak 50. Was your knee diagnosed or just in pain? I hope that it clears up quickly so that you can hope back on that winning streak...

From Fritz on Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 22:37:12 from 67.186.240.44

Adam, I saw a doctor and I think it was diagnosed as some type of IT Band Syndrome. I am doing PT two times a week but it hasn't improved much. What is the issue with your knee? I remember that you had a problem with your hip.

From Adam RW on Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 23:22:02 from 155.101.152.123

My knee has been this way as long as I have been racing. This is just the first time that taking 3 wk off didn't fix it. In fact this is the most time I have taken off since I started running distance. The hip was diagnosed with a tear but the first time I saw the surgeon it didn't seem like surgery was the route to go. He sent me to PT. I did that at the office twice a week and at home another 10 times per week (often AM and PM). It seemed to be helping a little but then stalled out. June was just a hectic month between travel and work and I stopped with the PT. I started up again this week combined with the light mileage. We'll see where that takes me. I postponed the ortho visit today until next month because without new symptoms I didn't want to through away the $25 co-pay... Next week I'll add in a little more mileage and take it from there. I hope that something works out for you. The IT is a big portion of my knee pain as my right IT is shorter than it should be because the femur curves out. I have attempted stretching and "the stick" helps some as well...

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