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Vlieland 1/2 Marathon

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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

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
30.00	0.00	13.10	0.00	43.10

Mizuno Wave Rider 12 Miles: 43.10

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

Sun, Aug 09, 2009

Race: Vlieland 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:32:20

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.50	0.00	13.10	0.00	14.60

I took Saturday off, as suggested. I flew into Germany Saturday morning at 7:30 am with about 5 hours of sleep. Well, the best sleep one can get in an airplane anyway. We drove up to the Northern coast of Holland later that day. We had to catch a ferry to get to the main island, Texel. The drive up was about 3 hours. I slept pretty well that night, getting up Sunday morning at 8:00 am.

I did not really prepare for this race eating wise. I made sure I had a good dinner and breakfast. The race did not start until 12:30 pm. I had to catch a ferry from the main island to Vlieland and then catch a big truck like thing that went across the beach to get to the nearest road. From there we caught a bus to town. I say we because I ran into a group of Dutch runners from the main island. During the ride over I learned that the course would not be flat, but instead a good portion would be run on the bike paths through the dunes that separate the beach from the main land. These dunes were pretty good sized as well. I knew at that point it would not be an easy run.

The hardest part was the wait until the race. The start was at 12:30. This was in order to allow all the runners coming from off of the island time to get there.

At the beginning I took off with about 200-300 runners. I got caught behind some slower runners and had to make my way around them - I probably lost 30 seconds or more overall gettting through this first quarter mile or so. The first few miles went well. It was warm - high 70's, but no humidity and a nice breeze. This breeze would come in handy later on the last couple miles. My plan was to stay close to 7:00 pace the first few miles and see how it went.

I don't have my splits but will post later. Most were around 7:01 - 7:08. I was doing well and then we hit the dunes. It was hard - I pushed the pace but the the temps were rising - the sun was full and there was no breeze here. It was long too - with no crowd support and after I passed quite a few runners - I was pretty much all alone. From that point of view the race was a good mental test.

We got out of the dunes with about 7km left. The last 3 miles were realy tough. This is what worried me the most - by mile 12 my legs were dead. I was holding on to a 7:20 pace - at mile 12. I was trying to survive at this point. The last 1/2 mile was the town with crowds out. This helped a lot. I was able to pick it up - running about a 6:30 - 6:40 pace to the finish.. I could not go any faster at this point.

My final time was 1:32:20 - something like a 7:03 pace overall. I was hoping to break 1:30 with all the training I have been doing. It was not in the cards this time around.

I am somewhat disappointed. I also really irritated my knee-shin - the part that has been bothering me. Again, I did not feel it during the race. But once I stopped running the pain kicked in. I plan on taking a couple days off. I need a mental and physical break at this point.

Mizuno Wave Rider 12 Miles: 14.60

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

Comments(2)

Thu, Aug 13, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.50

Great running through a local forest. Gotta like those Europeans, 6-7 different running, walking, biking paths of varying lenghts, all clearly marked with different colors.

Mizuno Wave Rider 12 Miles: 9.50

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

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Fri, Aug 14, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.50

8.5 easy through the forest.

Mizuno Wave Rider 12 Miles: 8.50

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

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Sat, Aug 15, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.50

10.5 miles, I ran to the German border and back. My injury started to hurt a bit at mile 8 - took it pretty easy the last 2 miles. Hit some good 7:40's before hand though. Great, cool morning.

Mizuno Wave Rider 12 Miles: 10.50

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

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
30.00	0.00	13.10	0.00	43.10

Mizuno Wave Rider 12 Miles: 43.10

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

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