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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.000.000.000.0013.00

Well today I turned 33. A big number for me since at least 1996 and maybe even longer... For the last ten years my plan was to run 33 miles today. But for a number of obvious reasons that would not have been a good idea. Plan B was to run a time trial style 5K this morning but for a number of other reasons including fresh snow on the ground I opted not to do that either. So Plan C was to run a half marathon today to give me 33 miles for the week. This plan worked out. I did the run in two parts. Part A was 10 miles on my own that consisted of an extended home loop with the extension out to 33rd south and then up it! I ended those 10 miles just in time to meet up with the rest of the family. To push the girls for a 5K to get my 13.11 mi. The run was nice with more than half of it in untouched snow. There is something special about being the first to put your foot prints in fresh snow.

Avg. 8:49 HR 137

Brooks Launch #1 Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Camillo on Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 03:13:12 from 79.56.232.177

Happy birthday. I am not sure if you still remember me, I am Eugenio, until a couple of years ago I was working upstairs, I finally decided to join the blog. Happy birthday!!!

From JD on Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 20:06:52 from 24.10.171.14

Happy birthday Adam! Life begins at 33!

Nice run - good way to celebrate.

From allie on Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 21:28:44 from 174.23.238.75

happy birthday! and a great birthday run in fresh snow.

From Jon on Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 21:50:50 from 74.177.125.243

Happy Birthday, buddy!

From Adam RW on Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 22:36:38 from 155.101.147.11

Thanks all. I have high expectations for this year...

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