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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 18, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

Single: I really have to focus on some sleep and not so much Olympics at night. Full day plus full night equals tired Adam... That being said I had to get up a little early as today is Sandra's birthday and I'm only running once. Got a bunch set-up in lab and then timed my run so that I would go past the house in time to have Kaitlyn wake up Sandra with her birthday card. After that snaked back to lab and now have to try and get the day done on time. It is funny it is 9am right now and I'm already a good 3.5 hrs into my day. Have to love waking up early. The 1500 semifinals were interesting but I was bummed about Lagat not making the final. Also, I was confused when I first looked at the schedule I read men's marathon Day 16 as Aug 16th... (sorry Chad I told you incorrectly). Mi 10-R3 Avg. 9:16

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 371 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 66 / / Saucony Rides #1: 441 / / Saucony Rides #2: 439 // Saucony Rides #3: 131 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 205

Night Sleep Time: 5.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.50	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Superfly on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:54:10

I hear you on the Olympics. My T.V has been on non-stop for the last week. The woman's marathon yesterday was interesting... Dena kind of let everyone down, although not me. I've never been a big fan of her. I mean run more that 20 min's of the race before pulling out- your a freaking professional who has tapered for the last couple week to get ready for this event. How in the world could her foot be that hurt after 20 min's? What a joke. Hopefully the men will battle with a little more heart.

Sorry to vent on your blog Adam.

From Superfly on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 13:06:27

I just read on the discussion board that she broke her foot... So the comments above are in vain. Although how does a professional runner who has been tapering for a race brake her foot so soon into a Olympic race? Did she step on that sign at 1k?

From Adam RW on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 15:17:02

Clyde, I didn't realize she had broken her foot until Paul had pointed it out either...

From wheakory on Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 14:32:05

I heard about her foot being broken on ESPN, and I was a little disappointed. Not at her, but that she couldn't achieve her goal.

Clyde you should know that injuries can pop up at anytime and were all vulnerable. She actually knew she had pain in her foot for two weeks, which she really should have dropped out knowing that. But I've never really been a big fan of her either.

Nice run Adam and I hope the birthday went well. Say happy birthday from me.

The Olympics was killing my sleep too, but last night I just shut it off and changed my addictive behavior for one night.

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