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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
50.500.003.000.0047.500.006.0053.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Race: 5K @ the ADA (3.1 Miles) 00:17:13, Place overall: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.000.003.000.000.000.006.006.00

The meeting I was at had about 9000 people. Maybe 200-300 showed up for the early AM 5K. To my surprise there were a few good runners. My plan going into the race was to hit somewhere between 17:00-:30, so overall I was happy with my performance. Concidering the lack of sleep the night before and the overall stressful week I could have not asked for a better time. My sleeps were not even. I got carried out by the lead pack (5:15), when I saw that split I dropped back and hit 5:42 and 5:52. The course was along the lake front past the aquarium. It was an out and back with a head wind on the way back.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.000.000.009.00

Good run along the lake front at sunrise. It is trully beautiful to see the wonder of God with the sun rising over the lake on your one side and the inginuity of man on the other side looking at such a magnificant city.

Avg. 7:25

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
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Out until 1am and didn't go to sleep until about 2am. After getting up at 6am to get to the meeting for the final talks and waiting a the airport an additional 4hrs I was exhausted when I got home at 11pm.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.000.000.009.00

PM run. Still recovering from the meeting. SH loops with the final two miles with Bill C.

Avg. 7:31

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.000.000.006.00

Sleep deprevation can be a real kick in the head. Home loop in the AM, Avg. 9:14.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.000.000.009.00

This week PM seemed to be the time to run. Hopefully I can get back to my regular schedule next week. More SH loops, middle two miles with Bill C and some of the other WA. Avg. 7:23

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
14.500.000.000.0014.500.000.0014.50

After a week of work and no sleep I decided to not go into work this morning. After I woke up I decided I needed a break so I went back to sleep until 7am, then headed for the mountains. I started up dry creek as is my usual run from campus. Then when I got to my usual turnaround I decided to head all the way to the top of black mountain. I made it there and back. My Garmin read 7812ft from 4878ft, that is my largest elevation change in a run. The last half mile up (total mile 20 min) I had to walk and my first mile down I also had to walk (24 min). It was amazing looking around at the salt lake and the city from the summit. A well deserved break. Avg. 12:16

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
50.500.003.000.0047.500.006.0053.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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