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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

Fri, Jul 17, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
7.50	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.50

Early morning. I had my heart rate monitor on just out of bed and it was reading between 37 and 42 bpm. Then out the door and it went up to 120 in the first block. The heart is amazing. I did a commute run in to work to the Firehouse mile and hit it in 5:06. It felt harder than it should have but it was ok. Avg. 8:36 HR141

Asics DS-Trainer #3 Miles: 8.50	RM 090416 Miles: 0.07

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Kory on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 16:37:17 from 134.50.89.33

Whats the percentage decline grade for that mile? I hope you have a good weekend and try to stay cool in the heat. Which is very tough this time of year.

From sam Dean-Howard on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 12:32:06 from 90.201.147.157

Hey Adam great resting H/R when I am fit and feeling ok mine can be as low as 33, but low heart rate runs in my family my dad smokes is over 65 and has a hr of 40, he used to be a runner when he was young though.

Again great work out and great mile I am jealous of that mile :) Do you not need more than 6 hrs sleep or is that ok for you ??

From Adam RW on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 12:49:41 from 98.202.223.65

Kory,

I’ve put the mile on the course tool if interested… It estimates the average grade at -2.9%.

Some of my FireHouse Miles: The two most recent I used the cross walk line as my start so they should be pretty comparable. The others were wherever the 2-mile split form lab happened to come that day…

5:06 7/17/09 203 ft dwn

5:00 7/10/09 209 ft dwn

5:01 6/25/09 179 ft dwn

5:03 5/13/08 199 ft dwn

4:51 3/7/08 176 ft dwn PR

The faster miles I train on are the City Creek (4:48 PR with 272 ft down) and Memory Grove (4:50 PR with 213 ft down but crazy down) miles but they are a bit rougher on the legs as the down portions are steeper.

My fastest mile to date was the first mile at the Magna 5K last year in a 4:44 with 152ft down and competition. All other miles above were solo.

Thanks for the question. It was fun to look back over these numbers and think about my training and fitness both last year and this year.

From Adam RW on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 12:50:41 from 98.202.223.65

Sam,

I've been averaging 5.5 to 6.5. I think I function best at 7 but between family and work If I got that much it would be my running time gone.

From sam Dean-Howard on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 13:13:49 from 90.201.147.157

oooh I need so much more LOL

From Phoenix on Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 13:50:42 from 155.101.197.36

Those are nice and fast. They are also amazingly consistent. When I am injury free again I'll have to go out there and hammer one out.

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