I only run on days that end in a "y."

May 17, 2024

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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.

Favorite Blogs:

Click to donate

to Ukraine's Armed Forces

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

Tue, May 10, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
15.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.00

Low 70's and humid at 5:00 am. I ran 6 miles - 1 mile warm up @ 9:20 and then 7:40's. Circled back home and met up with Kevin, a running buddy who moved close by recently. We will get together on occasion and run together if we are not going downtown for a group run. He drove over to my house. I had to slow my pace back down for a mile or so to let him get warmed up and then we picked it up again. I took him on my favorite hill route. I am not sure he wants to run with me again any time soon - hehe. It is a killer and I looped it so that we got hills going and coming back. We ran 8 miles and I dropped him off and finished out one more mile close to 7:00 pace for a total of 15 miles. We hit some good paces. Overall average was 7:50's and that was with with the slower warm-up miles and the hills.

Kinvara Green Miles: 15.00

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

Comments

From I Just Run on Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:24:15 from 67.79.11.242

So...How good of a friend is Kevin? Sounds like you were trying to "lose" him as a friend....literally...! :)

IJR

From flatlander on Tue, May 10, 2011 at 14:36:20 from 198.207.244.102

You are a maniac. Hills both ways? Sounds like my dad's description of walking to school when he was a kid.

From SlowJoe on Tue, May 10, 2011 at 14:46:51 from 131.59.200.80

Someone remind me to never run with the sadistic derhammer next time I'm in Austin!

Hey, great mileage for a mid-week run. My plan for building mileage this summer includes a lot of these MLRs...in the heat. Good to know it's survivable (for you anyway).

From derhammer on Tue, May 10, 2011 at 14:53:56 from 192.156.110.39

Yeah, I kinda feel sorry for him now. He didn't know what hit him. He's a strong runner and has a 3:10 marathon PR so I really did not think it would be that much of a problem for him. The heat did not help, that's for sure.

SJ - I got the midweek long run from Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning book. I think it has made a big difference for me. Really, most of my training is based around his plans with some tweaks here and there.

From SlowJoe on Tue, May 10, 2011 at 15:00:20 from 131.59.200.80

Interesting, I was kind of shopping marathon training plans and I saw his 18/70 plan and it looked exactly like what I wanted. I think I will use it for Houston this fall. I'd much rather do something like 15,5,15,5, etc than run 10 miles every day; I like being fresh for the tougher ones. The crappy part will be waking up early on those days!

From derhammer on Tue, May 10, 2011 at 15:30:14 from 192.156.110.39

I think there is much validity to that type of training. Kevin Beck, who works with Pete, drafted a preliminary training plan for my Austin training based on the longer/harder workouts with the 5-7 mile recovery runs in between. If you want I will email it to you so you can take a look. Also, when doing this training I found a critical part was to take every 3rd or 4th week as a recovery week and cut total mileage by 15-20 miles. This gave my body a chance to recover and let the adaptations of training take place and limiting the chance of injury.

From I Just Run on Tue, May 10, 2011 at 15:36:03 from 67.79.11.242

Don't want to be a butt, I mean butt in on ya'll conversation, but I would like to see the KB plan... :)

I might just change my name to "I Just Run What I'm Told"

From SlowJoe on Tue, May 10, 2011 at 15:37:33 from 131.59.200.80

Sounds smart, I will definitely work in those recovery weeks as I build mileage. And thanks, I'd love to take a look at that plan -- I'll send you a PM with my email.

Add Your Comment.

Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.

Debt Reduction Calculator

Featured Announcements

Most Recent Entries:

New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):

Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):