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Location:

Austin,TX,USA

Member Since:

Feb 02, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2008 Austin Marathon - 4:12

2008 Dallas Marathon: 3:30 (8 months later)

2010 Austin Marathon - 3:24 (bonked at 25 - 12 minute last mile run/walk)

2010 Steamtown Marathon - 3:27 (quads killed on the down hills)

2011-Feb Austin Marathon - 3:17 (finally BQ'd!)

2011-June Marathon to Marathon, IA - 3:07 (BQ'd by 13 minutes!)

2011-Dec CIM - 3:02

2012-April Boston Marathon - 4:03

2013-April Boston Marathon - 3:06

2008 Austin 3M half marathon: 1:43:00

2009 Austin 3M 1/2 Marathon: 1:29:50

2011 San Antonio Half - 1:25 (100% humidity fun fest)

2010 Chuy's 5k - 19:19

2011 Chuy's 5k - 18:23

2012 Chuy's 5k - 18:25

2012 RFTW 5k - 18:05 - PR!

2009 Austin Capitol 10k: 41:50

2011 Austin Capitol 10k: 38:57

2012 IBM Uptown Classic 10k - 37:52 - PR!

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~BQ at Austin Marathon - 2/20/2011~~ Tough course, warm and humid - but I did it.

~~Break 3:10 in a fall marathon (TBD)~~ 3:07 at Marathon to Marthon

~~Break 40:00 in a 10k~~ 38:57 @ Cap10k 2011

~~New: Break 3:05 @ CIM on December 4th, 2011~~ 3:02

~~Break 38:00 in a 10k~~ - Done - 37:52 @ IBM Classic

Break 18:00 in a 5k - 18:05 @ RFTW - October 2012 - getting close!

2011 RACES:

~~Run for the Water 10 mile - 10/30/2011~~ 1:04:06

~~San Antonio 1/2 Marathon - 11/13/2011~~

~~California International Marathon - 12/4/2011~~

2012 Fall Races

IBM Uptown Classic 10k - 37:53

Run For the Water 5k - 18:05

2013

Boston Marathon - 3:06

2014

Boston Marathon - April 21 - 3:11

2016

Rookie Tri - May 1st

Peak to Creek Marathon - Oct 29th

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a sub 3:00 Marathon

Personal:

Der Hammer is a nick name I picked up from my German friends while living in Germany. My real name is David.

I have been running seriously since March 2007. I started with a local running group called "Gilbert's Gazelles". Before that I had run a couple 5k's (26:00's) and never run more than 3 miles at one time. I have lost about 40 pounds in a little over 2 years.

I am 45 years old, married and have 2 children, ages 5, girl, and 10, boy. I try to keep my running from interfering with my family as much as possible, e.g. getting up at 5 am. However, Saturdays are long run days and I don't come home until around 9 am or so. I owe my family a debt of gratitude for allowing me to pursue this passion.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Hoka One One Lifetime Miles:						152.00
Saucony Ride 7's - Blue Lifetime Miles:						345.97
Hokas Red Lifetime Miles:						127.25
Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles:						151.75

Tue, Jul 12, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	8.00

I decided I needed a change of senery so I ventured down to Town Lake trail. The neighborhood routes are getting a bit boring. Besides, I felt like jumping in Barton Springs after the run. I parked at Barton Springs pool. It was 5:40 am and already 80 degrees. I thought I would run a progressive run of some type. I ran a mile warm up and then started to drop the pace. My legs are still a bit sore from Saturday's core workout and that scares me a bit - it wasn't that hard and it has been 3 days already. Oh well. I was feeling pretty good and figured I would drop to around a 7 minute mile or a bit lower for the last mile. At around mile 5 low and behold I see Lisa and another runner coming up the trail behind me. Oh boy, I thought, here we go. I knew this would be a good chance to drop the pace and why not, it is easier to run with or try to hang with someone rather than attempt this alone. They finally passed me and I decided to hang with them for a couple miles. It got the heart working, that is for sure. With a mile to go I stopped to grab a drink and slow it down a bit. Lisa had faded a bit but passed me here and I wished here good luck. Time for a mile cool down back to the pool. Nice cool down in Barton Springs pool to finish. 8:54, 7:50, 7:37, 7:35, 7:22, 6:30, 6:31, 7:43.

Workout #2: Did the one hour core/kettle ball workout for the first time. Challenging to say the least. They had us doing crazy stuff like sets of jumping rope with a 2" rope - it must have weight at least 6-7 pounds. Pistol squats, hang cleans, burpees, kettle ball swings, squats, I can say I have never worked out that hard for a solid 60 minutes before. I am sure to be nice and sore for the next few days. I would like to be able to do this twice a week for 4 weeks or so. I want to get my body stronger in order to prepare for the rigors of fall marathon training.

Nike Free 4 V2 Miles: 8.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From I Just Run on Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 13:05:16 from 67.79.11.242

I think you should be able to log more of these miles to something other than "easy"! I think we should be able to adjust based on temperature and humidity :-)

From flatlander on Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 14:48:43 from 198.207.244.102

Good run, always fun when somebody shows up and you get to air it out a little. If that doesn't cure your sore legs don't know what will.

From Steam8 on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:51:09 from 166.70.55.77

I love the core kettleball, burpees, squats....are you doing Crossfit? That is what it is called here. I did it for a couple of months and always had a hard time walking for days after each workout! They are killer and super fun!

From derhammer on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:12:18 from 192.156.110.33

I think it is very similar to Crossfit but focuses more on kettleballs. It's called Punch Gym - they have a couple locations here in Austin. The website shows some of what they have us doing. I was dead tired last night from running in the am and then this class - I fell asleep at 9:30 and did not wake up until almost 7 am!

http://punchgym.com/

From Steam8 on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:14:20 from 166.70.55.77

Hahaa! My legs and arms are always so stiff that I can hardly move without being in extreme pain! ha! I love it! It is almost as addictive as running! :)

From SlowJoe on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 14:30:24 from 70.183.217.4

Anytime you can get a couple fast miles like that in July is a nice bonus. I do believe that crosstraining helps a lot too, although I hate it.

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