| 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 | | 25.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.80 |
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| Saucony Rides Silver #17 Miles: 4.00 | Saucony Rides Silver #18 Miles: 10.50 |
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| Family and work day. No run.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Evening rain run.
Avg. 9:11
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| Saucony Rides Silver #17 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| Morning loop with Josh. A little cooler but 96% humidity...
Avg. 9:36
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| Saucony Rides Silver #18 Miles: 5.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| Loop with Josh. Nice morning.
Avg. 9:44
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| Saucony Rides Silver #18 Miles: 5.25 |
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| Work day... Opted for the 5 hr of sleep instead of the early morning run. No free time in the evening...
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Tough Mudder Atlanta (11.3 Miles) 02:00:00 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 11.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.30 |
| A few friends from church talked me into doing a Tough Mudder. It was so much fun. In total 8 of us did the race. We picked up two additional people in the first mile and the 10 of us completed it together. This was not a group of runners and this type of an event is a challenge not a race so not sure what my time was. Over the 11.3 mi there are 23 obstacles ranging from climbing a two story rope to navigating 7 foot deep mud pits. Some of the tougher challenges were the team ones to get up and over a 20 ft wall. Many of the obstacles were designed to require 2, 3, or even more people to navigate. Others were mental challenges like swim 20 ft through ice water with an obstacle that forces you to submerge and the finish line set-up with exposed electric wires that give you one gnarly shock. I only got hit three times but other were double zapped to the ground. Overall sounds crazy (and it is) but so much fun everyone should do it.
Before, Midway, and Finish
Toughest Obstacle
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 25.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.80 |
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| Saucony Rides Silver #17 Miles: 4.00 | Saucony Rides Silver #18 Miles: 10.50 |
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