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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
Thu, Sep 01, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.500.000.000.000.000.000.009.50

AM: Yes, that sleep duration is correct. I was burning the candles at both ends a bit too much last night/this morning... Commute run in.

Avg. 9:58 HR 134 2.5mi

PM: Ran with John, suicide loop. Good conversation about career and his recent experimental success.

Avg. 8:37 HR 133 7.0mi

RM 090416 Miles: 0.10Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 7.00Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 2.50
Night Sleep Time: 4.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 18:42:25 from 24.10.191.18

i hope more sleep is in order at some point.

just read about your mountain biking adventure -- sounds fun. i hope the bumps and bruises are healing nicely.

From Adam RW on Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 22:06:10 from 24.10.132.131

Maybe Saturday night. I'm ok if I stay over 6hr, under 5hr is a bit much... For the most part the scrapes are not bad. A few of my left ribs are bugging me but they are much better today than yesterday so I'm expecting a full recovery by next week.

From Jon on Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 22:29:00 from 74.177.100.34

I'm glad I'm getting more than 5 these days. Not more than 6 usually, but not under 5. Someday we'll be able to sleep 9 hrs a night, man. Although, we'll be so used to waking up early that we'll still not sleep much.

From Adam RW on Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 00:17:56 from 24.10.132.131

Hey Jon, Good to hear from you. I also say there will be plenty of time to sleep when we are dead. I have managed to get some good weekend sleep lately. It does seem though that even though I can survive on 5-6 hr I perform so much better on 6-7 hr.

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