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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
38.500.000.000.000.000.000.0038.50
Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 11.00RM 090416 Miles: 0.76Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 10.00Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 11.50Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 44.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 44.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.000.000.000.006.00

City Creek/Memory Grove with John. Felt better than yesterday but still sore... 

Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
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AM: Commute run in. 2.5 mi

PM: Commute run home. 2.5 mi 100F!

RM 090416 Miles: 0.10Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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AM: Commute run in.

PM: Commute run home, much much cooler than yesterday.

Was initially bummed by the cloudy afternoon but was fortunate enough to notice the clouds break in time to catch the Venus transit of the sun. Truly unbelieveable how small it was. It took a long time to even find it. Considering how much further away the sun is the scale of the universe is beyond imagination.

Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
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Take a wild guess what I ran today.

AM: Commute run in.

PM: Commute run home.

Overall feeling about the same. I'm hoping a week or two of this will clear things up.

RM 090416 Miles: 0.25Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.000.000.000.006.00

AM: Commute run in.

2.5 mi Avg. 8:47 HR 152

PM: I got SUPER crazy and did the mid-campus commute run back. One whole extra mile!

3.5 mi Avg. 7:40 HR 140

RM 090416 Miles: 0.39Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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Continuing on my wild streak. Did the lower campus commute run this morning. Before you know it I'll be back to the A&W commute!

Avg. 9:09 HR 138

Have a great weekend!

RM 090416 Miles: 0.02Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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6.500.000.000.000.000.000.006.50

A little role reversal today. My wife got up early and did the first run and the I went for my run. We opted for not doing the family run so she could get in more miles and I could test my legs without pushing a stroller. Nothing special, just to Sugarhouse two loops and back but it is something. Overall the mileage this week is better than I was expecting. My foot feels about the same though. It is tough to decide do I take time completely off or just stick with this running but not training routine. I am currently leaning toward giving two more weeks of this and then doing a time trial to see how the foot responds...

Avg. 7:54 HR 151

Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 6.50
Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
38.500.000.000.000.000.000.0038.50
Saucony Rides #9 Miles: 11.00RM 090416 Miles: 0.76Saucony Rides #8 Miles: 10.00Brooks Launch Blue #3 Miles: 11.50Brooks Launch Orange #2 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 44.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 44.00Weight: 0.00
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