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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 25, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
2.006.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

Merry Christmas!

After the candlelight service at church last night just came home and finished setting up around the house. Fortunately both girls slept in this morning so we had a nice rest prior to starting the fun. Presents by a fire, brunch and then playtime. We made my oldest a puppet stage so she gave me a show during the first few miles of my treadmill run. She changed to something else and I did a workout as follows.

8:00 aHR 106
7:03 aHR 134
6:00 aHR 154
5:45 aHR 166
5:45 aHR 169
5:45 aHR 172
5:45 aHR 174
5:30 aHR 180

Felt really good. Fastest I've run in awhile. Aided by the treadmill but fun none the less. It would have been nicer to move that pace on the roads but I still have 15 weeks...

Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Samantha Dean-Howard on Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 18:46:17 from 90.201.147.30

Nice running there Adam, really fast miles with a not so bad h/r too.....

your christmas sounds lovely, we had snow right up until Christmas eve and then it all melted oooh.

From Aaron Kennard on Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 20:05:48 from 174.51.250.151

Merry Christmas...Nice run. thats a great pace. I was surprised to not see a 12 mile loop out of you today...just kidding. 4th time is probably not a charm.

From Adam RW on Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 22:08:58 from 24.10.132.131

Sam, Luckily the storm hadn't hit us too bad earlier in the week like the US Midwest was and the weather stayed just below freezing so we had our white Christmas.

Aaron, Only because I managed to stay out of work today. Otherwise I would have been tempted. I really love to run along the stream any time of the year but with the snow muted surroundings it is that much nicer.

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