| 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 | | 56.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58.00 |
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| Rest and family day. I wanted to sleep in after 3 nights in a row with less than 6hrs sleep. So in lieu of a run I walked to a park with the family and chased Kaitlyn around the jungle gym. Tomorrow I will start a 60 mile week and the following week I will bring back some formal speedwork and shoot for 70. From there on out it is focus on WBR specific training... |
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| Ok, so I'm a liar. Today is my last day off before I start training again. I didn't want to come back from the trip sleep deprived. Last night we went to a late movie with my brother- and sister-in-law and then had to pack in the morning to get back home. The movie was Iron Man and it was pretty good. Didn't get home until a little after 4:30 and then decided one more day of rest is good. |
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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 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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Single: Same run as last week but up City Creek instead of down into
Memory Grove. I thought being back in your own bed was supposed to help
with the sleep but between having to get to work and what not, I only
managed about 5 hrs sleep. It was a little windy and definitely WARM. I
did do the Firehouse mile hard, no looking at the Garmin until it
beeped. Felt like 10K effort but I sure hope it wasn't 10K pace (5:42).
Mi 10-T1 Avg. 7:35 HR 160
Asics DS-Trainer #1: 168 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 189 / / Saucony Rides #1: 160 / / Saucony Rides #2: 153 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
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Single: Life sure makes you laugh sometimes. So we managed to make it through Chicago without having some crazy driver hit us only to have our car a victim of a hit-n-run last night. We had it on the street because our roof is being done and there were nails everywhere. Then this morning I got up extra early because I'm leaving early today. When I got to the car I see that the back of my car was "smashed". Luckily the airbags didn't go off and the car seems fully functional but the rear-left side is messed up. Of course there was no note so it will be the mystery crash... After waiting to place the police report I finally made it into work about normal time but decided I NEEDED a run first anyway. So I went to and up City Creek and back. The weather was very nice ~50-55F overcast with only a few drops of rain. I kept it very easy as I still only managed 6hrs of sleep last night and was a little upset about the car. Mi 13-T1 Avg. 8:16 HR 145
Asics DS-Trainer #1: 181 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 189 / / Saucony Rides #1: 160 / / Saucony Rides #2: 153
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
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Single: So do I want to be a ranting bummer or just go on to the running. Ok, I'll only rant a little. So the little gift yesterday morning was only the start to the day. Later when I got home a bruised my shin and messed up my back screwing with a broken garage door. Then when the rain started we found out that the tarps didn't cover everything... So then with the pain in the back I was moving furniture out of the way of the dripping ceiling. All that being said the day was still good as my daughter turned two. I can't believe how quickly time flies. Today was better than yesterday, my back was just a dull ache versus the sharp pain of last night, work was slow as today I was dealing with paper work from both yesterdays hit and run and last year's accident, YUCK! For my run I did my usual up City Creek. I really needed a hard mile so I hammered the FireHouse Mile with whatever I had (5:07) not too shabby for my first time really trying to move since the marathon and into a headwind. The rest of the run was super slow as I skipped lunch to get in my run, I guess your body does need fuel :). Mi 12-R1 Avg. 8:11 HR 139
Asics DS-Trainer #1: 181 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 189 / / Saucony Rides #1: 172 / / Saucony Rides #2: 153
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| | 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 |
| Single: Today was slightly better than the rest of the week. Part of the problem is that I set too high of expectations for what is possible to do in a day. For example today I had seventeen different items on my to do list. I managed to get through twelve of them. Pretty good but I was bummed about the other five. I did get in at 5:30am with the plan of running ten but I couldn't get out the door until 4pm so I only did eight at an ok effort. Hopefully I can get caught up during the weekend without screwing up Mother's Day... Mi 8-R2 Avg. 7:27 HR 144
Asics DS-Trainer #1: 181 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 189 / / Saucony Rides #1: 172 / / Saucony Rides #2: 161
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
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Single: Met up with Chad, Josh S, and Steve C this morning at the Foothill Starbucks. We took a nice and leisurely run north along the trails near This is the Place and then along 11th into Memory Grove then back via the streets. It was my longest run since the marathon and even with the easy pace I felt it. However, it was nice to have the chat during and after the run. It is always nice to just get out there and enjoy a run without worrying about training. Now some work for a few hours and home errands. Mi 15-R2 Avg. 8:25 HR 137
Asics DS-Trainer #1: 181 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 189 / / Saucony Rides #1: 187 / / Saucony Rides #2: 161
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 56.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58.00 |
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