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Run For The Water

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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.400.004.610.0045.01
Kinvara 4's Yellow Miles: 12.61Saucony Ride 5 - Pair II Miles: 32.40
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Race: Run For The Water (3.11 Miles) 00:18:56, Place overall: 14, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.003.110.007.11

Decided I would run this late last night.  I emailed one of the assitance coaches and asked if I could still register.  He said I could but wouldn't be able to get a timing chip.  I emailed him back saying that was too bad, and then he replied that I should go ahead and show up anyway and they would figure something out.  I didn't think that sounded too promising, but I figured I would give it a shot anyway.

I had gotten back on Saturday from a red-eye flight from Lima, taking off around midnight and arriving in Houston around 6:30 am, finally getting into Austin around 11 am.  I was exhausted and when my alarm went off at 5 am Sunday morning it took everything I had to roll out of bed.  It was the first solid night of sleep I had in 10 days and I was getting up at 5 to run a race?  Was I crazy?

Anyway, I parked about a mile and a half away from the start and did my warm up.  I got to registration and was told I wouldn't be able to get timed, but I dropped a name and he said sure, he would do it for me. :-) Whew.  So after 10 or so minutes I was all set.  

I ran another half mile or so and did a few strides.  I wasn't feeling all the great and haven't trained at all, just some recent easy runs coming off my injury.  I had no idea what I was going to do but I knew I wanted to at least get under 19:00.  But honestly,  my legs were not feeling that great, and neither was I.  

In this race the 10 milers take off at 7:00 and the 5kers at 7:15.  I walked my way up so that I would be first in line after the 10 milers left.  I didn't know where I would finish but figured at the starting line is where I belonged.  I saw Carmen there, who had coached me in the past, and thought she would be in pretty good shape. Since I had no plan I figured I would stick with her and see how I felt.  

We take off, I look at my pace - 5:33 - but who knows how accurate that is.  I am feeling pretty good and relaxed,  I pass Carmen at abour .75 miles in and never saw her again.  I was slowing down, my first mile was a 5:53 or so, but I could feel I would not be able to maintain that.  Unfortunately now it was pretty sparse, a couple people in front but no one that I could pace off of.  My pace dropped and I wasn't paying to much attention to it, I look at my watch and speed up.  My watch laps at mile 2 about 50-100 m before the mile marker.  My watch is of no use now really since it's off.  At this point I just try to hold on.  Of course the last .5 miles of a 5k is all about surviving.  I turn the corner and give it what I have left in the tank.  Which is not much at this point.  I hear 18:50 when I cross.  I am OK with that.  It was a hard effort for the condition that I was in.  Official tine was 18:56.  I won 3rd in the Masters division - got a nice GPS watch so that's not bad at all!

No lingering Planatar issues so I think I am good to go to start ramping up 5k training in the next two weeks.

Kinvara 4's Yellow Miles: 7.11
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

5.5 recovery miles around the trail at lunchtime.  Legs are a tad bit sore.

Kinvara 4's Yellow Miles: 5.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

6.5 easy miles in the am around the neighborhood.  I was the only one out - where are all the runners?

Saucony Ride 5 - Pair II Miles: 6.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.400.000.000.008.40

Met up with Dan at the Y @ 6am for some base miles around the Town Lake trail.  Did some core at the Y after the run.  Some 7:40's and 7:50's in there with AP of 8:03.  Very humid morning!  Cool front should hit tomorrow - will go for 10-12 miles on Saturday morning.  Might hit 40 miles this week!

Saucony Ride 5 - Pair II Miles: 8.40
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

5.5 at lunchtime on the trail.  

Saucony Ride 5 - Pair II Miles: 5.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.001.500.0012.00

Met up with the group for 12 miles.  Wonderful weather, had a long sleeve but that only lasted until mile 6.  Legs felt pretty good, hit some mid-low 7:00s and then finished with 1.5 @ 6:38 pace.

Drove a mile to the Y and did 8 x hill sprints.  The first one was painful but legs had loosened up by number 4 and they felt much better.  Happy I did them.

Saucony Ride 5 - Pair II Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.400.004.610.0045.01
Kinvara 4's Yellow Miles: 12.61Saucony Ride 5 - Pair II Miles: 32.40
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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