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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

AM: I didn't feel too rested getting up but the day has been going well so far. Got a lot done before I even headed out the door for the run. Though I'm usually a creature of habit I've been trying to find more new runs. Today I did the Memory Grove run but only 3 of the 5 miles were the same. I did it more like a giant figure 8 than an out and back. I even ran past Chad's house. Doing it this way was more challenging, especially running up K St. Mi 8-T3 Avg. 9:20

PM: Big goose egg. Initially had planned 8 more for tonight. However, at 4pm I found out that a farewell celebration for one of my friends in lab had to be moved from Friday to tonight. We headed over to MacCool's and had a "traditional Korean send-off." Let's just say that this is one of the hardest working people I have ever met and he parties just as hard as he works. Finally crawled into bed sometime after midnight and I was wiped out in the morning. I'm certainly not 21 anymore... Oh well, he really had a good time and the party meant a lot to him.

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 371 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 50 / / Saucony Rides #1: 434 / / Saucony Rides #2: 439 // Saucony Rides #3: 98 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 205

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Chad on Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:02:56

stop in and say hi next time.

From Adam RW on Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:29:12

Chad, I was tempted but it was already close to 8:30 so I figured you'd be getting ready for or already at work. I now know why you are such a beast though. I forget how tough those hills are by you. I'm so used to running along the ridge...

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