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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, Apr 20, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.000.000.000.0013.50

AM: Cheering my wife on to her first marathon. The weather could have been better but she did very well. I had the girls in tow so it made for interesting travel between all the spots. Ended up seeing her at miles 1, 4, 8, 13, 16, 20, 24, and the finish! She held on to the 3:40 pace as long as she could but with heels bleeding through her shoes at mile 20 from the water logged socks she finally hit the wall. She managed to hold it together to still get under 4 hours for her first marathon so she is rightfully happy and I think once she can walk up and down stairs again may even be up for giving the BQ another shot. I did some running near the mile marks to get her Gus, etc. Mi 2.

PM: Of course 12 hours after the start of the marathon the day turned about as perfect as you could ever hope to run in. So I did I south loop.

Mi 11.5 Avg. 8:08 HR 133

RM 090416 Miles: 0.01Saucony Rides #10 Miles: 2.00Brooks Launch #5 Miles: 11.50
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Fritz on Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 20:01:51 from 67.177.4.64

Congrats to your wife on her first marathon! I hope she realizes that they usually aren't that wet and cold :)

From Adam RW on Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 20:04:27 from 67.171.121.150

I think enough that she'll want to give it another go. She was really cruising out there until the heel pain just became too much. I think physically she could have run 7-10 minutes faster putting her in striking distance of her 3:39 to BQ.

Sorry to see you are still in recovery mode. I hope your knee decides to come to its senses soon...

From Fritz on Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 20:13:30 from 67.177.4.64

With good weather, dry shoes, a slightly faster course and having one under her belt she should be right there. Maybe Top of Utah or try for STG. Boston registration started on Sept 10th this year so maybe something earlier like DesNews.

From jtshad on Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 09:38:33 from 141.221.191.225

Congrats to your wife for finish a really tough first marathon. She and you should be proud of her perseverence!

From Adam RW on Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 13:37:02 from 128.110.93.173

It was good to see her do this. We've talked about it for over 13 years and until last year she had sworn she would never take part. Now I'm sure she will be out there again.

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