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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

Sun, Oct 13, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
22.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	22.00

Final long run prior to NYC. Now starts the taper.

Also, this run is a significant mark in my running.
2nd ever 100+ mile week (Mon - Sun).
Prior one was the summer I moved to Utah in 2006!!!

Really happy with this training cycle.
I ,ight be much slower than I once was, but am happy to have got in the mileage.

Avg. 9:19

Saucony Type A Miles: 22.00

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

Comments

From JD on Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 15:42:58 from 75.169.3.175

nicely done!

From Tom K on Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 18:05:34 from 65.218.129.82

Strong work! You are going to have a great race!

From Jon on Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 14:35:53 from 165.156.40.42

Holy cow- 100 mile week!

From Adam RW on Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 18:58:30 from 107.130.1.59

Thanks all, very excited about this.

Jon, now to do it in one go. I've heard some people do that ;)...

From Jon on Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 19:09:58 from 96.33.83.28

No one who is sane...

From Jason D on Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 19:29:15 from 73.144.88.57

Nice work, Adam. I have explicitly told my wife never to let me attempt an 100 mile races or Iron Mans. I leave those to the talented and insane :-) The 100-mile week, though more manageable is still quite something.

I see you are running London in 2020. Pretty cool!

From Adam RW on Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 20:28:19 from 107.130.1.59

Yes, London is on deck after my biggest challenge to date, this is how to raise $20K for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I officially start my fundraising after NYC, but will need as much publicity as possible. I will post a "race report" to kick off the fundraising. As a leukemia survivor, I want to give back and felt this was the best way...

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