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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
Tue, Sep 02, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.000.000.000.009.00

AM: Another busy day. With the school year starting again there are a lot of meetings and grant deadlines coming up so work really hit me like a sledge hammer. I'm actually there again (now at 9:30pm). In the morning I had to get some things going and didn't get out for my run until ~11am. I ran home to check on Sandra as today was Kaitlyn's first day of school... My knee was the same amount of tight. I think because of some compensation during the race my left ankle is now acting up but just a bunch of aches and pains of an "old man"... Mi 5-R3 

PM: After bedtime ran to suicide rock and back. Strecthed iced and now back in lab. Hopefully I'll get out of here sooner than last night... Mi 4-R1

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 371 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 94 / / Saucony Rides #1: 445 / / Saucony Rides #2: 448 // Saucony Rides #3: 175 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 205 / / Adidas Adistar-2 (flats): 0 / /

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From wheakory on Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 23:56:04

Sorry that your schedule is crazy, and I know also working at an University that my life has been upside down the last couple of weeks.

Nice runs and I hope you get some sleep and the knee thing heals.

From Adam RW on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 10:31:36

Thanks Kory. Your continued support helps a lot. My knee thing is more about proper management than healing. It has been a problem for as long as I can remember. I just complain about it less some days than others :)...

From Jon on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 10:47:07

Adam- are you still ok with me crashing at your place Fri night? I need your phone number so I can call to arrange everything.

From jtshad on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 16:16:34

Hey, don't go and try stealing my "old man" excuse!

From Adam RW on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 16:22:10

Jon, I sent you a direct e-mail.

Jeff, I knew that excuse wouldn't fly here. I'm sure I'm on the young end of the age spectrum on the blog as a whole.

From AdamsMom on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 16:43:04

Don't go rubbing it in, baby.

From Jon on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 16:44:45

Busted, twice.

Got your email- I'll call you tonight or tomorrow.

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