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December 22, 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

Sat, Dec 26, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
21.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	21.00

As fun as yesterday's run was is as painful as today's run was. It was very cold out in the AM. Not as bad as the week before but still close to single digit windchill. By about mile 10 what was left of my waters had frozen and I was sporting both a frozen snot mustache and icicle eyelashes. My knee was sore from the effort on the treadmill but not horrible. The rest of the day was relaxing and running errands. Mi 21 Avg. HR

RM 090416 Miles: 0.01	Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 21.00

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Walter on Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 20:35:34 from 24.10.169.110

Nice running tex! I have been wiped out with this stupid cold and could barely muster up 10 today. Keep it up my friend.

From redrooster on Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 20:46:05 from 70.234.2.232

yeah it was a little cold this morning. I actually put on my arm warmers for the first couple miles as it was only 55 degrees, brr. but then the sun came out and I had to lose the arm warmers as I started getting hot. darn this cold weather.

From Adam RW on Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 22:09:49 from 24.10.132.131

Walter, I hope you mend soon.

Redrooster, thank you for the smile.

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