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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, Nov 23, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.000.000.000.006.50

AM: Testing out the blisters. I should say sores. I'm not sure what happened, but my boots just chewed up the backs of my heels on the hike Sunday. They are runnable but ouch... Feeling a little better with the congestion as well. A number of people had been sick at work last week and I'm wondering if I am just finally worn down to their germs. We'll see. I hope to get in a double today if I continue to improve on both fronts. Best news is that my knee has been behaving with the slightly higher mileage and the race last week!

Avg. 9:17

PM: Bad choice. I didn't want to let the mileage slide much more but I did not approach this in the best manner. Since the hiking blisters were on my heels I opted to try some barefoot miles on the treadmill. Only to get forefoot blisters. I can not believe that after the 10s of thousands of miles that my feet have traveled that I still get so many blisters...

Saucony Rides #7 Miles: 2.50
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kory on Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 16:43:35 from 24.116.159.75

Maybe the boots are not broken in. Great news about the knee. I look forward to hearing great things from your running.

I had the cold over the weekend as well.

God Bless you Adam and family. Have a happy upcoming Thanksgiving.

From Adam RW on Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 16:52:17 from 155.101.152.123

Hi Kory,

Thanks for checking in. I think it has more to do with the fact that these boots are older than some of my students. I've had them for 17yrs. They are going to be replaced as this is the second time they've damaged me and by far the worst.

From allie on Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 16:58:40 from 174.23.238.75

ouch about the blisters! but great to hear that your knee is holding up with the increase in mileage.

looks like they have shut things down at the U? storm is on the way...

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