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.
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
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...
AM: Memory Grove loop from work. My quads are still killing
me from the hike on Sunday. My blister is more or less a non-issue though. Avg.
9:12 HR 139
The morning was going more or less like a usual day. I had
planned two runs for the day. In lab things kept going wrong. We have a number
of summer undergrad “helpers” and some of them are better monitored than
others, I’ll leave it at that. By about 2pm I was ready to through in the towel
and head for the hills. Then I checked my e-mail and found out that I GOT MY
GRANT! That means I have a job for at least another three years. It is nice
when hard work pays off.
PM: After going home early (4:30pm if that is early) and a
celebration dinner of sushi with my family I had to drop some stuff off in lab
and then headed over to City Creek. It was a perfect evening, I’m sure the good
news of the day helped. Legs were still sore so I took it easy again. Tried to
go off road but was forced back by the overgrown trail I chose (12:51 for that
first mile). Then back on the road and up to the water shed line. About a
quarter mile before the mark there is a little waterfall. I was busy looking at
it and had to clear my nose. Upon clearing it a buck took off from the bush
about 50ft ahead across the road and bounded into the bush. I think I startled
it more than it startled me but it was still cool to see. Also, my friend the
hummingbird was dancing in the dusk light near picnic area number 8 again. Avg.
8:23 HR 136
Saucony Rides #7M Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.50
Nap Time: 0.00
Total Sleep Time: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From JD on Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 19:52:29 from 166.128.78.74
Congratulations on getting your grant! Very good news!
From Phoenix on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 17:11:42 from 155.101.197.36
Adam, congrats on the grant. That's a big step. I'd be celebrating too.
From jtshad on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 17:41:31 from 204.134.132.225
Ditto, congrats on the grant!
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