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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, Dec 18, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Today I turn the big 3-0. It crossed my mind to run 30-miles today. Though I don’t think that I would have a problem doing this, I didn’t want to screw up the marathon training 2-days into it. I slept in an extra hour and didn’t get into work until a little after 6am. Then I ran from lab to and up City Creek. It was colder today than yesterday but the run still felt good. I was a little sluggish as even with sleeping in I didn’t get much sleep last night as we stayed up late. Avg. 7:28 HR 150

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Me on Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 14:23:01

I'm glad you didn't run those 30 miles. I am not sure I like your new shoe picture replacing our family one. =P

From James on Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 14:38:09

Happy Birthday!

From jtshad on Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 14:38:27

Happy birthday young man! I am glad that you didn't set the precident of running your age on your birthday...I don't want to run a 40 miler! Good job on getting the 10 mile in...that sounds fine to me.

From Jon on Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 14:38:31

Happy Birthday! And the picture doesn't help much- can't tell what is where.

From Happy Birthday! on Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 14:40:51

Congratulations! Sleeping in sounds like a GREAT way to celebrate to me. In fact, I am going to go take a nap in honor of your birthday.

Lybi

From Jody on Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 17:12:42

Happy Birthday!

From Cody on Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 09:49:04

I hope you had a great day - Happy Birthday

From Adam RW on Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 09:54:13

Thank you all for your comments. Overall I had a great birthday. After a good day at work and some time with my daughter before she went to bed (she even said Happy Birthday Daddy, she practiced all day), my wife took me out to dinner. We went to The Five Alls, on Foothill. It was some good food done in a five course meal style… The prices were reasonable for what we had compared to other restaurants, I would recommend it.

From Logan on Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 15:04:24

30 years young and still going strong! Awesome!

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