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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 31, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.000.000.000.0010.50

Only one wake-up last night and Sandra took care of that. Up early though as I have a lot on my plate today... Into lab by 5:30am. Then out the door after setting up a few things. Ran the road to City Creek (3.5mi) then back via BST and down Dry Creek. The morning weather was great and my timing was perfect. I was running up towards Little Black as the sun was rising behind it. On  my way down Dry Creek a student from BYU was heading up and turned around at the top and we ran the last little bit down together. Other than that on to clearing off that plate. Avg. 9:35

Saucony Rides #6B Miles: 10.50
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From JD on Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:52:25 from 64.65.159.206

The weather in the early morning is just about perfect these days. Ought to be just right for TOU.

From Kory on Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 13:56:38 from 24.116.159.75

Sounds like a great run. It's always nice to run some with someone else. It's nice when the kids get older to gain back the sleep you lose, but I the flip side you hate to see them get older.

From Adam RW on Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 11:36:26 from 155.101.152.103

JD, Looking forward to TOU. Will you also be doing the half?

Kory, It was nice to mix it up. However, it gets tough to run with people until I'm 100%. I don't like getting out of the pace my body needs on certain days. The sleep troubles are rough but my wife often has it worse so I can't complain too much... And yes it is nice to have them young. In all too short of a time I'll be up late worrying about them on their dates instead of them waking me from not sleeping...

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