| 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 | | 60.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60.00 |
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| RM 090416 Miles: 0.15 | Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 17.00 | Saucony Rides #7 Miles: 2.50 | Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 26.00 | Brooks Launch #1 Miles: 14.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 43.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 43.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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| Well between family and work commitments it is now almost 2am and no run for Sunday. Hopefully later today I will get one in...
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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 | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| AM: Even with sleeping in an extra 2hr the late night finishing my talk had me with very few hours of sleep. In fact I'm sitting in the conference room waiting to start right now. Love wireless...
Naked commute run. 2.5 mi
PM: The talk went well, just over an hour. Then a very sluggish day. I can't burn the candle at all three ends like I used to... Did end up doing the home loop to finish off the day though.
8.0 mi Avg. 7:30 HR 147 |
| RM 090416 Miles: 0.01 | Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 8.00 | Saucony Rides #7 Miles: 2.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.50 | 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 | | 11.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
| AM: Only slightly better sleep thank last night. Had to be in early again today... Did a mid campus commute run in. 3.5 mi Avg. 9:44 HR 131 PM: The same loop as last night but I pushed the pace tonight. Left foot is still a little off but it was a very good run and perfect temps. 8 mi Avg. 6:51 HR 164 |
| RM 090416 Miles: 0.01 | Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 11.50 |
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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 | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Slept in this morning and worked from home for a few hours... It is sad how much more work I get done at home than when I go into work. Another late night but I wanted to start it off right. Did the work Memory Grove loop in reverse. Running up the canyon in the pitch dark with just the headlamp is such a rush. Avg. 7:39 HR 158 A 1222ft D 1272ft |
| RM 090416 Miles: 0.01 | Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | 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: And life goes on... Commute run in. A bit tired. Mi 2.5 Naked
PM: A nice long run after a nice long week. Oh wait it is only Thursday... My seminar went fine. I wish I would have had the full hour as the last few months I've finally been generating some exciting stuff. Being the perfectionist I am I was initially disappointed that I had not gotten everything across to the audience but I have already received some good e-mail feedback so I think it was more limited by time. Oh wait this is a running not science blog. The run was south loop with John. Good conversation. Mi 12: Avg. 7:41 HR 152 A: 1256 ft D: 1259 ft
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| RM 090416 Miles: 0.12 | Brooks Launch #1 Miles: 14.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.50 | 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 | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| Commute run in to recover. Mid-campus. Avg. 9:59 HR 140
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| Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 3.50 |
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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 | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| A good relaxing family day after a long week. Slept in a little and then went to JRP. Felt like half the blog was out there and a few of them were hauling tail going the other direction. Even with pushing both girls managed a reasonable pace. Then after some Slurpees headed home until Oktoberfest at church with some nice congregation brewed bier, Oom-pah and Alp horn music and a little yodeling mixed in as well... Of note is that this is my highest mileage week since Jan 16th 2010. It was planned and it felt good despite the intense work week on top of the mileage. Only pain of note is that left foot. I actually have my mileage planned out through the first of the year and this is as high as I'm going to go for the next two months but it is definitely encouraging.
Avg. 8:52 HR 141
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| Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 11.00 |
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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 | | 60.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60.00 |
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| RM 090416 Miles: 0.15 | Asics DS-Trainer #5 Miles: 17.00 | Saucony Rides #7 Miles: 2.50 | Saucony Rides #6 Miles: 26.00 | Brooks Launch #1 Miles: 14.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 43.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 43.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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