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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 02, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.000.000.000.003.00

Up late helping my student prepare for his first presentation. A little tired running in this morning. Commute run. No really I did do the commute run, I know that this comes as a shock but I got out of bad and decided "hey why not, let's run into work" so guess what I did I ran the whole way into work. I know that this is a crazy concept for me and that I should be careful about getting so wild with my training but I figured a commute run would be ok as long as I took it easy. Ok just a little sarcasm...

Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 09:41:17 from 174.23.226.74

i didn't detect the sarcasm until about the 4th line. then i realized the entire post was spewing with sarcasm.

nice run after a late night. seriously :)

From Adam RW on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 13:07:08 from 155.101.152.123

I was just trying to spice it up. Without training every entry seems to be commute run, commute run. Yes that is what I am doing so there is not much to expand upon. I'm starting to work in some attempts at faster stuff so hopefully before the end of the summer I can add an entry about some repeats or something.

From steve ash on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 13:12:09 from 98.202.75.78

Are you going to be ready to run again soon Adam?

From steve ash on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 13:12:52 from 98.202.75.78

Looks like your getting your legs back..

From Adam RW on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 13:38:33 from 155.101.152.123

I am trying. 7 min pace feels like 5 min pace used to though. Also, my knee is still not pain free so I am concerned... The good news is that I do not have new pain, even with adding in a little mileage and a little intensity.

From JD on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 16:18:02 from 70.96.78.157

A commute run...interesting concept. With your close proximity to work, I'm surprised you hadn't tried the commute run to work before. :-)

From Adam RW on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 16:36:49 from 155.101.152.123

I'm glad you got my humor.

How did the Zen training go?

From JD on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 20:53:49 from 166.183.1.47

Well...the lawnmower still isn't working...serenity now...serenity now...

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