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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

Sat, Feb 25, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	12.00	1.00	0.00	17.00

Nice morning for a run! 40 degrees, no wind. We ran a point-to-point down to the trail with some rollers along the way, but a net elevation drop, with a few miles of hills tacked on the end to mimic Boston. This is the lollipop loop that I died on 3 weeks ago and which today I dominated. It felt so awesome to take the hills without slowing down too much and definitely not stopping as I did last time. It was confident booster. Several factors probably helped me today - I wore my new racing flats which were phenomenal (thanks SJ!), I ran the speed work on Thursday easy and did not kill myself, and I had a couple small baguettes last night before bed (thanks Dasha for the advice.)

Most of the group did 15.5 but Mike and I went up another mile and parked after dropping a few runners off at the other stop. We passed most of the runners on the hills of expo - we were flying here - looked at my watch once and it read 6:20. We slowed a bit. We picked up another runner at a water stop and he had ideas of of turning it into a race I guess, and Mike fell into the trap trying to keep up and pass him. They were at 6:10 or so and I let them go. We still had the hills and I was not going to die on them today. So I ran the last few miles by myself, which I actually like since I don't feel like I have to keep up with anyone.

Fastest long run yet @ 6:44 overall pace. Maybe I need to adjust my marathon goal a bit. We will see how it goes over the next few weeks. 6:40's felt really good.

7:34, 7:05, 6:55, 6:44, 6:42, 6:31, 6:27, 6:20, 6:34, 6:48, (here come the hills) 7:05, 6:53, 6:45, 7:08, (homeward stretch) 6:35, 6:25, 6:02 (including a few strides.)

Saucony A5 Miles: 17.00

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

Comments

From flatlander on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 17:07:56 from 166.249.197.71

That is tremendous, you are so fast I have lost track of your marathon pace. Only a marathon is going to sort it out at this point. Congratulations on that run.

From Dan on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:43:33 from 24.209.83.20

Boston is looking VERY promising for you David. You have to like that. The A'5 look like a sweet shoe, going to use them to train it seems... gonna have to think about that, I need shoes.

From Dasha on Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 08:08:13 from 209.163.133.194

Amazing, David!

So much fun watching you improve so fast! Keep eating those carbs...

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