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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, Jul 08, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.000.000.000.004.00

New start. Well today officially starts my "back to normal" campaign. I woke up early, did a run from home, light dumbbell lift, and then to work (home office). Still such a mountain of paperwork to catch up on. At least there is one mountain in Alabama :)

Avg. 9:04 HR 123

Saucony Rides #11 Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 15:45:25 from 97.126.211.105

glad to hear you are settling in. an exciting new start -- good luck with everything.

From Adam RW on Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 15:46:38 from 71.45.96.54

Sorry we are going to miss your track race. It is definitely a new adventure to our lives. We'll see what happens with the running after all the family and work set-up settle.

From Jon on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 15:32:02 from 76.2.30.26

Yeah, SC isn't runner friendly, either. There are no shoulders or sidewalks anywhere around my house or work. Makes it hard.

From Adam RW on Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 06:39:55 from 71.45.96.54

Luckily I have the one side walk but there is are really really nice road out the other way that has a bridge over a nice like. But without the shoulder I just can't rationalize doing it. I have seen two cyclists out but... The good news is there are some trails about a 15-20 minute drive that I still have to check out.

From Jon on Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 19:39:21 from 107.203.52.135

Trails? Very nice.

As much as the summer stinks, you'll love running here in the winter. No snow or ice on the roads. I didn't wear long pants once this winter.

From Adam RW on Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:11:43 from 71.45.96.54

I already boxed up all my winter running stuff assuming a may not need in the years to come. I was about to put my long sleeves in long term storage. "Trails" is all relative. But the hills here are harder than I expected.

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