| 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 | | 43.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 46.00 |
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| RM 090416 Miles: 0.37 | Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 21.50 | Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 9.00 | Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 2.50 | Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 4.50 | Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 44.00 | Nap Time: 2.00 | Total Sleep Time: 46.00 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Not quite with it today. Woke up before my alarm for no reason. Got a little work done before church then did a Suicide Loop prior to having people over for game "night". Played Scrabble and I was in the lead until the final round of turns. Avg. 8:51 HR 135
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| RM 090416 Miles: 0.11 | Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | 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 | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| AM: I'm still in that foggy state. I feel like something is about to happen and/or just feeling the wait of all the things I'm trying to juggle. Up before my alarm again and then into work early. Commute run in. Mi 3 Avg. 10:07 HR 125 PM: The day didn't really wake me up. I feel like I worked all day but did not manage to get an item checked off my to do list. I guess I have to set it with more intermediate goals. Did the reverse A&W commute home, dinner, and then back to work. Mi 6 Avg. 7:42 HR 143
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| Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | 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 | | 14.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.50 |
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AM: Finally slept until my alarm but had to be in early so still under 7 hr sleep. Things really picked up today and have just tried to keep my nose to the grind stone and get things done. A&W commute in. Mi 6 Avg. 9:37 HR 131 PM: Random mileage home, dinner, and then back to work... Mi 8.5 Avg. 7:48 HR 141
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| RM 090416 Miles: 0.26 | Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 14.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | 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 | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
| Well this is a bummer. I knew I felt tired yesterday but I thought it was because of the heavier work load. Looks like it was because I did not dodge what my daughter and/or house guest from the weekend had. During the run in I felt super tired, like wearing a lead suite. Then throughout the day I progressively got worse to the point that I called for a ride home and took the night off. Avg. 10:14 HR 147
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| Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 2.50 |
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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 | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
| Feeling better but still under the weather. Had to be in work though. So did the commute run in and got a ride home again. Super bummed about loosing my mileage streak and the fact that the 5K I've been looking forward to for a year is only 48 hr away and I'm a zombie... Avg. 10:22 HR 158
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| Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 2.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | 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 | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
| Had to be in work early. Feeling slightly better but still tired. Got my work done and then ended up going home early. Really hit the wall and took a nap!!! Avg. 10:12 HR 124
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| Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 2.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Running of the Leopards 5K (3.12 Miles) 00:16:25, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Not the race I had planned but I'm happy with the effort. Between being sick on Tue-Thu and the fact that there was a bunch of snow/sleet on the course I really couldn't have asked for more. Did a warm-up to the start. Then was off and running. The race really flew by and I don't have much to comment on. Other than I enjoyed the effort and had a good time doing it. Met up with some new local runners and some familiar faces from the blog both before and for a 3 mi cool down afterwards. Mi 1: 5:20.6 Mi 2: 5:14.7 Mi 3: 5:15.1 0.12: 0:34.7 (5:01 pace) Total: 16:25.07 Avg. 5:16 HR 184; 5th overall 1st age; 3rd fastest 5K of all time!
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| Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | 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 | | 43.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 46.00 |
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| RM 090416 Miles: 0.37 | Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 21.50 | Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 9.00 | Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 2.50 | Saucony Shadow #1Black Miles: 4.50 | Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 44.00 | Nap Time: 2.00 | Total Sleep Time: 46.00 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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