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Vestavia,AL,USA

Member Since:

May 31, 2007

Gender:

Male

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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

Tue, Mar 17, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00

I think last night was the worst sleep night since Kristen was born. I eventually just turned off my alarm clock as I didn't have anything set in the morning. Managed to stay in bed until just before 7am but with many wake-ups. The run in went ok, especially considering the "speed" last night. But the day just dragged. Tomorrow half the day will be meetings so hopefully I can recover some. Avg. 9:36 HR 152 still not sure about the high start HR affecting the average...

Saucony Rides #5G Miles: 5.00

Night Sleep Time: 6.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.50	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jon on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 22:18:18 from 75.169.138.168

Man, sounds like you guys are having sleep challenges. I'm sorry. At least you aren't over-exerting on the run with 9:36 avg...

From wheakory on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 05:23:20 from 134.50.89.33

Maybe the high start average is do to lack of sleep. Great dedication to get 5 miles in. I hope the rest of your week goes well.

From Phoenix on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:00:41 from 155.101.197.50

Its static (sleep can certainly effect things, but not this much).

It seems like your HRM does that from time to time. Mine does occasionally, but only with a synthetic shirt, never with cotton. It also tends to be worse at the beginning run when my shirt is dry. It seems to do better with a new battery in the chest strap--higher signal to noise is my guess.

From paul on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:09:33 from 65.103.252.214

Just do what Ritzenhein does: sleep with earplugs and let your wife take care of everything.

"It's been great," Ritzenhein said, of being a proud father. "Kalin has to wake up in the middle of the night for feedings, but I have my ear plugs in and my eye mask on, so I really don't hear anything."

lol

From Adam RW on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:33:08 from 155.101.152.103

Eric, I agree because when it is hotter out I don't have the problems (shirtless). Also, I always wear synthetic when I do have a shirt.

Paul, I want to stay married :)... I think we just got spoiled with my first daughter. She still sleeps from 7:30pm to 7:30am and has only woken up 6 times in the last 2 yrs in the middle of the night. I look at this as payback...

From Jon on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:43:19 from 138.64.2.76

I like Paul's earplug idea. Although the better way is to be a super-deep sleeper, like me. Nothing wakes me up. In fact, sometimes my wife uses earplugs and still wakes up to the kids, while I don't. That way you can't get in trouble- you can just say you honestly didn't hear the baby and didn't wake up :)

I've also convinced Marci that since I have to wake up at 5 am for work, and she can sleep in as late as the kids let her, she does most of the night duty on weekdays. I might help a bit on weekends (if I wake up...)

From Adam RW on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:49:05 from 155.101.152.103

Jon, That was actually the case last night. I woke up and said that we had such a better night. However, Sandra told me it was just that I didn't hear two of the wake-ups and was out like a log.

From paul on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:58:42 from 65.103.252.214

Ha, I had nights like that early on. I'd wake up and say, "wow, Seth slept through the whole night!" And Stacy would look at me and say, "uh, no he woke up 3 times". Fortunately now Seths sleeps solid from 8:30PM to 5:30AM, with very few exceptions. And I get up between 5-5:30AM, so it works out well, as I can bring Seth over from his room for Stacy to nurse, and she never has to get up at all anymore (payback for those earlier months).

From Jon on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 13:05:42 from 138.64.2.76

It helps that we also put the youngster in the far side of the house. If she wakes up too many times during the night, Marci just unplugs the baby monitor so we can't hear her crying. She may cry for an hour straight and we wouldn't know it (though I should note that is rare, she usually wakes up only once, at most). After all, no kid ever got hurt by crying at night...

From Adam RW on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 13:20:52 from 155.101.152.103

It's amazing how our memories work. A lot of this I'm sure went on with Kaitlyn and I just blocked it out.

Paul, I like the turnaround is fare play.

Jon, Two night's ago was especially bad and we did let her go about 1/2 an hour. Then she fell asleep/passed out only to wake up an hour later fully charged for another 30min of crying. Not sure which is worse, these sleepless nights because of crying or the feature sleepless nights on date night...

From Adam RW on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 13:21:57 from 155.101.152.103

Oops, I meant future not feature... I can't edit my previous comments anymore?!?

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