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Austin Capitol 10 K

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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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Hoka One One Lifetime Miles:						152.00
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Hokas Red Lifetime Miles:						127.25
Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles:						151.75

Sun, Mar 29, 2009

Race: Austin Capitol 10 K (6.2 Miles) 00:41:50, Place overall: 244, Place in age division: 27

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.50	0.00	6.20	0.00	9.70

1.75 Miles warm-up to race.

I was not sure how I would do today as I have not done any speed work for about 5 weeks, have just ran base, and did not run for 10 days due to an injury. Well, the weather this morning was perfect - starting temp was around 45 degrees and sunny. The first 3 miles are hilly, and first mile is an gradual incline up Congress Ave towards the Capitol, followed by a steep incline up and around. My plan was to run the first mile at my 1/2 marathon pace of 6:50, see how I felt, and pick it up from there. That is just what I did. I ran the first mile at 6:58 and ran negative splits until that last mile when I fell back a bit. I finished under 42 minutes @ an overall 6:44 pace which is a PR from my last year 10K time of 45 + minutes. Just to show how competetive Austin is, I finished in 244 place and 27th in my age group of 40-44!

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Comments

From Burt on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 22:53:54 from 98.167.151.26

Great job. I was going to say, that looks like a pretty good time to come in 244th place. Must be a lot of good runners out there.

From David on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:14:14 from 192.156.110.31

Thanks, Burt. Yes, Austin has a huge running community and we have the University of Texas here as well. This race is also the largest 10K in Texas and people come in from all over. Last year my time would have got me around 150-160 place, must have been the great weather as to why there were so many fast times this year.

From Burt on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 17:28:37 from 68.76.197.194

Yeah, I was guessing there was a lot of people from the University there. But hey, those are some of the fun runs to do with that many people. The cool thing is, you could enter some smaller races, and with that time, place in your age division.

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