A Balance, Redefined

November 05, 2024

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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

Fri, Dec 04, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00

So far so good. Last night was a little restless but I slept in an extra hour to make up for it. Then instead of running into work, I went straight to work and worked for four hours before heading out. This allowed me to run in the sunlight and slightly warmer weather, both nice. I just did an out and back to City Creek.

Avg. 7:51 HR 140 Total Ascent 1358ft Total Descent 1394ft

Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 8.00

Night Sleep Time: 6.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.50	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Dennis on Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 00:49:46 from 96.35.202.193

I am blogging on this site again. Let's take bets as to how long I keep it up this time before quitting....I say 3 weeks! I published my mileage back to the beginning of this week, but I'm not going to go back further than that because it will take too long.

From Adam RW on Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 01:07:33 from 24.10.175.42

Are you still being coached? Maybe this will actually give us a reason to keep in touch more than once every three months... Have a great weekend.

From Adam RW on Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 01:08:48 from 24.10.175.42

What you going to be doing in April? I heard there is a marathon on the 17th... With you training at sea level and then making the trek up to my elevation I might have a chance of beating you. Sounds like incentive to me!

From Dennis on Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 01:24:35 from 96.35.202.193

No plans for April right now....I don't know if I'll be marathon ready by then, and I will still have classes. But it might be nice to try to run together for at least part of the race (until I easily pull away). When would I have to make my decision?

From Dennis on Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 01:25:26 from 96.35.202.193

Not being coached right now. For the time being, I'm just trying to get in miles and then doing workouts once or twice a week. The structure is pretty loose because I just want to build base over the winter.

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