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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

Wed, Nov 04, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

I got enough sleep but just feel very fatigued. I worked again last night and that could have something to do with it. I'm only about half done with what I wanted to accomplish by this point this week but so it goes. With the feeling of fatigue the run was more or less a death march. The only saving grace came in the last three miles there were a number of other people out in this stretch and seeing other runners often lifts my spirits. To top things off I met a new runner Steve Gonzalez. He is a grad student here at The U training for marathons. I'm sending him the blog info to hopefully get him on board. The run was a longish commute run via Memory Grove and then an extra mile to Steve's building and back to mine. Avg. 9:37 HR 133

RM 090416 Miles: 0.02	Saucony Rides #6B Miles: 10.00

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Sandy Dune-Howard on Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 17:31:02 from 90.195.99.119

Adam, I always think when the tough gets going the going gets tough....and When I am real tired and doing a death march wondering to myself why am I doing this, I imagine or hope that this is when Im getting fitter its these real tough runs that really make or break you as an athlete. So well done ;-)

From Adam RW on Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 21:49:52 from 155.101.152.103

Thank you for the kind words. I think it had a lot to do with the fact that all four of us at home have been coughing since Saturday. Let's hear it for sharing germs on Halloween... My mom and stepdad are in town now so that helps. Also, whatever bug it was seems to not be affecting any of us too much.

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