A Balance, Redefined

December 22, 2024

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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, Mar 26, 2018

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00

Somethings better than nothing. Owing to a friend running Boston, I re-read my race report from 2003. Amazing how much you change in 15 years. But also great to have the record to read and have all the memories stirred up.

Avg. 9:30

Brooks Launch Blue #12 Miles: 3.00

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

Comments

From allie on Sun, Apr 01, 2018 at 18:38:44 from 73.97.187.130

i just read it as well and enjoyed it.

2003, back in the day... :)

From Adam RW on Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 07:19:16 from 107.130.1.59

Hard to believe I've been at this for 25 years... Looks like you are still going strong.

From Jon on Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 07:30:55 from 165.156.40.22

That was a long time ago. 15 years. Things do change, indeed.

From Adam RW on Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 07:39:15 from 107.130.1.59

But hopefully not green shorts...

From Jon on Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 08:28:11 from 165.156.40.22

The green shorts are gone, sadly. I dug them out the other day and the elastic on the waist is completely shot. They were already size 36/38, so their ability to stay on was always tenuous. They had a good 20-year run (see what I did there?)

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