| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 51.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51.00 |
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| Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 43.00 | Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 36.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 36.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Needed sleep so didn't set an alarm. Then off to church and a bit of family time before heading up to Keystone, CO. Did a late night trail run on the packed snow behind The Inn. The night sky here is AMAZING and the temps were not too bad. Only decided to do 6 miles as the packed snow ran out and I didn't want to run on the road even though there was not much going on at 10pm... fun to be at 9000+ feet. Avg. 9:48 HR 144
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| Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Up late talking to some friends from Germany I hadn't seen in awhile. However, I needed to get up early as this is the only other run I think I can guarantee this week. Did the same run as last night. It was a bit colder this morning as there was more wind and I think my running stuff was still damp. Avg. 9:11 HR 136
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| Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 |
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Surprisingly I got up this morning. I did not stay out as late as I thought. The meeting is actually scheduled from 7am - 10pm. Granted that includes breaks for food and recreation but that is still work in a sense. I'm just doing the same run each day due to the dark and lack of knowledge of the area. It was MUCH colder this AM but I brought enough clothes. Mi 6 Avg. 9:48 HR 136 PM: Even more surprisingly I had a wonderful afternoon session and finished early. The weather was in the low to mid 40s. So I changed into shorts and headed out for a second run. I had a lot to process from the morning sessions and a great lunch conversation so I just headed up... Hit the next town and noticed I was at about 10,500 so I continued until the Garmin said that and turned around. Happened to be a perfect half marathon. The awesome part is that I hit 19 miles for the day and all over 9000ft elevation. Still made ti back to my room to read for an hour before the evening sessions. Overall a great day and one of my top runs of all time.
Mi 13 Avg. 7:50 HR 152 
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| Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 19.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Even though I stayed up until midnight talking I woke up like clockwork without an alarm set. Since I was up anyway I did the run same run I've done each morning. Avg. 9:19 HR 140
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| Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Not the smartest thing but it is how it goes. I presented my work and did not finish until after 10:30pm... Then up late socializing. Long day. For whatever reason I woke up way before my alarm and since I could not get back to sleep did my run. Single digit temps this morning and a slight dusting of snow last night. Avg. 8:55 HR 148
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| Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 3.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 3.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Overall the meeting was very useful. I learned a lot, made a number of new contacts, and strengthened some old contacts. Sleep was on short supply and I was wiped out. Although I had to hit the lab for five hours after landing back in Utah. A very long day indeed... No run due to lack of sleep and time. |
| Night Sleep Time: 4.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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SLCTC 10K (6.23 Miles) 00:37:50, Place overall: 17, Place in age division: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Not the smartest thing but it was necessary. Had to get up early to take care of an experiment. Back in time to make breakfast with the girls and then headed out to the race. The weather looked great. However, about two miles out from the start it the snow began. The warm-up was ok on the way out but back to what would be the finish it was pretty brutal. I was exhausted. Both from the week and another night of little sleep. I had no idea what I was going to do. Spoke to a number of the usual suspects at the start and then just lined up. I could tell things weren't going to go my way in the first half mile and decided to just use it as a harder workout. Immediately after the race I jumped into the car and headed home to make up some family time after having been gone the whole week. I have to find a healthier way to keep family, work, and running in my routine... The good news is I had fun despite the really sub-par weather and time. So things are going well just not ideal.
5:40, 5:47, 6:01, 6:18, 6:26, 6:18, and 1:20 Avg. 6:04 HR 177
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| Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 51.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51.00 |
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| Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 43.00 | Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 36.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 36.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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