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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

Mon, Aug 03, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
10.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.50

Another sleepless night. Home around 10:30 and asleep about 11:30pm but back up on and off from 12:30 to 3am... Early start to the day as we have lab meeting. I slept in as much as I could to make up for the intermittent night and only did my commute 2.5 mi in. Avg. 9:12

PM: After dinner went back out for more. Still over 90F but just took it easy. Was planning on the home loop as I saw two runners leaving the East Track. I caught up with them and started chatting. We ran the next three miles together before they turned west and I headed back home. It was very funny. The one guy was training for his first Ironman later this month but the other guy had just graduated from Grinnell. One of the other colleges in my very small conference. He graduated a number of years since I did but he know some of his alumni that I used to run against. Very small world. Avg. 7:53

RM 090416 Miles: 0.02	Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 10.50

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

Comments

From sam Dean-Howard on Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 17:42:26 from 90.195.99.189

cool you got to meet and talk with some people and one that you knew. Sorry to hear of the sleep trouble their is nothing worse than not sleeping proper I know, hope you sleep tonight better.

From Adam RW on Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 11:32:25 from 155.101.152.103

I know you understand the sleep troubles. It really makes training tough some days.

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