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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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Sat, Feb 18, 2012
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15.005.000.000.0020.00

Soggy morning.  It was not raining when I arrived at the annex.  There was a dearth of people there, I can only guess that many are running the marathon tomorrow or were scared away by the forecast.  I met Slow Joe in the parking lot and we went for a quick mile before the long run.  

We then met up with Russ and Mike and headed out.  It did not take long for the rain to start coming down, there was ample lightning to the north, and plenty of large puddles on the trail to attempt to dodge or jump over.  At a certain point I kind of gave up as my feet were pretty much soaked.  

Maybe around mile 6-7 we started hitting some rollers and then on to Mt. Bonnel.  Of course, we made SJ run the stairs up to the top from the parking lot.  I think there are 105 stairs.  Not easy after making the run up the Mt. Bonnel road.  The view at the top makes it all worth it, though.

Now onward down the other side on a very steep decent through another 1.5 miles of rollers, then turn around and back again.  Nothing is as demoralizing as seeing that climb coming up in the distance.  We all survived though and enjoyed the next mile or two of nice down hills, through some rollers on which we came and then back via the trail.  It started raining heavily on the last couple miles, and this is where I pulled out the wild card of the prerun mile and counted it against my 20.  Mike and Russ were not so lucky and continued on.  SJ and I finished the last 2 on a very wet and sloppy trial.

SJ is a super nice guy and a very strong runner.  It was great to meet him.  Hopefully, he enjoyed his time with our group.

9:00 warm up then 8:33, 7:54, 7:53, 7:24, 7:34, 7:34, 7:00, 6:58, 7:15, 7:44, 7:18, 7:10, 7:01, 6:50, 6:50, 6:46, 6:36, 7:19, 6:59.

The hills are paying off, I feel like my legs are getting stronger.


Kinvaras - Black - Neon Green Miles: 20.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Dan on Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 15:24:08 from 24.209.83.20

you stronger? yikes you and sj are beasts!

From Dasha on Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 18:45:17 from 24.206.78.53

Awesome run, as always.

Don't you wish you would have just jumped in and run 20 miles during the marathon today?

From SlowJoe on Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 18:58:51 from 74.195.74.62

Yeah, you guys are all nuts. I did enjoy it, thanks for showing me how to REALLY train for something! I will definitely call you up next time we're in town.

From I Just Run on Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 09:17:10 from 67.79.11.242

DH,

I was going to get on your blog and say something like "Slowjoe said the run was a piece of cake" but he beat me to comment :-) Sounds like you guys had a great time despite the weather...you should have waited and done it on Sunday when the weather was perfect!

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