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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, Jan 26, 2013
Race: SLCTC 5K (3.11 Miles) 00:17:22, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.000.000.000.008.00

Seems like it was forever since I raced. Although Fritz reminded be that it has only been about 2 months. I didn't go into this race with any expectations. Just wanted to see some fellow runners and get a hard run in. The fog/smog was pretty thick and I think that did affect performance. At least it warmed to above freezing!

Got there a little late but enough time to put in about a mile. Then chatted with fellow bloggers, old faces, and some new faces as well. I felt like I was working but never red lined, although my HR might disagree with that assessment. Looking forward to the 10K in a couple of weeks and hopefully using this to spur a few more workouts here and there. The biggest thing is the air and ground. Looks like both may clear up this week... Cooled down afterwards with Fritz, Kevin, and new guy from Cornell College. Then some more chatting during the raffle. Overall a good morning and nice to talk to so many familiar people.

Mile 1: 5:27 HR 175
Mile 2: 5:38 HR 185
Mile 3: 5:46 HR 187
Mile .1: 0:32 HR 189

TOTAL 17:22 HR 183

Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 16:33:54 from 107.16.130.217

Pretty solid opener. Nice job Adam.

From Fritz on Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 19:22:53 from 166.70.240.95

Great to see you out there Adam. Sorry we couldn't accomodate a Sunday run but hopefully we can organize better next time.

From Adam RW on Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 20:36:41 from 67.171.121.150

Thanks Jake, better than I expected. Hope you ha fun in San Diego and made it hope safely. It's sloppy out there now.

Fritz, thank you. It was great doing the cool down together. No worries about making a run work, my schedule is pretty sporadic so no worries.

From Andrea on Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 20:49:57 from 67.177.11.154

Nice race Adam! Especially considering the stress and lack of sleep the last few months. So excited for you about the new job!!! You will like it there :)

From Cody on Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 16:46:58 from 76.27.36.99

New Job? I missed that post. Where to? Oh, good race too!

From Adam RW on Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 08:53:46 from 67.171.121.150

Hi Cody, Not sure if I made an official announcement. But a couple weeks ago I did sign to be faculty at UAB. So I will be heading to Alabama this summer. As we discussed at TOU this is a great career opportunity for me and although Sandra wants to stay in UT she agreed we had to give this a try. It is a bummer I won't be making a trip up to your place again this fall. We won't leave until later this summer so hopefully I run into you at something. Looks like you are fully recovered from the Bear incident your mileage has been great!

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