| Location: North Charleston,SC,USA Member Since: Nov 02, 2009 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments:
| 3 mile (2007) in the Marines |
19:00 |
| 5k (Mar 2010) |
19:53 |
| 10k (May 2010) |
42:06 |
| 10 mile (Nov 2009) |
1:15:47 |
| Half Marathon (Jan 2010) |
1:37:57 |
| Marathon (Oct 2010) |
3:47:06
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| 12 Hour Ultra (July 2010) |
60.8 miles |
Short-Term Running Goals: Qu’est-ce que c’est? 12 h Run (Jul 4) Over 60 miles 60.8 miles
Run a marathon under 4 hours
Run a 5k under 19 minutes
St. George Marathon (Oct 2, 2010)
Myrtle Beach Marathon (Feb 19, 2011)
Possible upcoming races:
Charleston Half Marathon (Jan 2011) Sub 1:32
2010 Goals:
- Run 2010 miles
- Do 2010 Pull ups (2010+)
- 20,100 Push ups/Sit Ups (20100 so far) Long-Term Running Goals: Run a Boston Qualifier
Run an ultra marathon
Run a 100 miler
Run at least one marathon a year
Sub 5:20 mile
Sub 18:30 5k
Sub 38 10k
Sub 1:25 half
Sub 3 hour marathon
Badwater Ultra
Hurt 100
Bear 100
Moab 100
Wasatch 100
Umstead 100 Personal: My name is Vinh Nguyen. I'm 28 years old, former Marine...
Started running when I joined the military in 1999. I did not enjoy running until 2006-7 when I started training for my first marathon. In the Marines, we ran an average of 3-5 miles. I never ran any distances longer than that until I started training for the Myrtle Beach Marathon in 2007.
Currently working as a government contractor (electronics technician).
I finished my Associates of Science in August and have finally been able to train hard full time. I decided to take time of school to see how much of a difference it will make and maybe hopefully achieve my goal and qualify for Boston.
"Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum"
"The only easy day was yesterday"
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| Pitbull feat Akon - Shut it down |
| DJ Khaled - All I do is win |
| Ludacris - How low can you go |
| TI - Big Things Poppin |
| Kanye - Amazing |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 77.25 | 37.00 | 34.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 148.45 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 easy miles (no pain) knee is feeling a lot better, it's not 100% yet...but I think it'll be soon Started my 2010 workout goals today. Plan to...
- Run 2010 miles / Do 2010 Pull ups
- Do 20,100 push ups/sit ups
- Run 3 miles in under 18 mins
- New Personal Records for 5k, 10k, Half Marathon, Marathon
- cut down to 135 lbs
- Stay healthy and injury free
Oh btw, Happy New Year everyone!
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30 min elliptical Upper body and core workout
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 miles - ave pace 8:20 Not much pain at all in the knee. Things are looking good.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Upper body and core workout | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 9 mile run @ 8:20 pace.....still not 100% pain free but not a bad run | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Upper body and core workout. Running less often just to be cautious since I have a half marathon on the 16th. I'd rather just get in quality runs and stay as injury free as I can be. I'll probably run 11 tomorrow though.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 mile tempo as Lyman suggested 1 mile warm up 4 miles @ 7:30 pace 1 mile cool down
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| TM workout 1 mile warm up 1 mile 3% incline 7.0 mph (8:34 pace) felt a lil easy 1 mile 3% incline 7.3 mph (8:12 pace) felt better .5 mile recovery jog 1 mile 0% incline 8.5 mph (7:03 pace) didn't feel too bad
.5 mile recovery jog 1 mile 0% incline 8.5 mph (7:03 pace) 1 mile cool down Upper body work and core work out afterwards
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
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12 mile run @ 8:05 pace Knee felt good, a lil sore afterwards but I'm icing it just in case. I hit a couple of marathon pace in the first couple of miles without knowing it so I slowed it down a bit. Decided I would run the last 3 miles at marathon pace or slightly faster. When I had 1 mile left, I decided to push it and try to beat Lyman's last work out mile =)
Mile 10 - 7:44 Mile 11 - 7:44 Mile 12 - 6:58 Oh, I was wondering if anyone has heard of the Bair Gutsman Trail Run in Utah? I think it's in August and might just run it when I come to visit this summer. I'm also thinking about running a 40 mile trail race in October. Maybe I'm getting in over my head haha.
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| Upper body and core work out | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Easy 5 miles @ 8:12 pace, last 3 at marathon pace w/o much effort | | Comments(11) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 mile run @ 8:16 pace On mile 3 I decided to run at a pace I could possibly keep on Saturday's race, the split turned out to be 7:14. I think that is a bit too fast. I was thinking of staying around 7:30 as long as I can and push it the last 4 miles or so. We'll see, all of this will probably go out the window after mile 1 haha.
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| | Race: |
Riverfront Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:37:57, Place overall: 40, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.25 | 0.00 | 13.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.45 |
| Huge PR today! Almost by 10 mins. And also got 1st in age group (I was shocked!)
1 Mile warm up .25 Strides right before the start My garmin lost the race data today so I'm kinda pissed. So my plan to run 7:30 for at least the first half and push it the last several miles went out the window lol. I ran mile 1 in like 7 flat and rest up until mile 11 were 7:15-7:25. Mile 12 and 13 were horrible, I got a cramp and it slowed me down to a lil under 8 min pace. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the result. Achieved the sub 1:40 I was shootin for. Now I just have to prepare for the Myrtle Beach marathon next month. Here's to a sub 3:35! Here is what I got for being first in my age group. I also got a $30 gift cert to a local sports store. 
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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8 miles @ 8:07 pace Felt good, semi-easy. Probably should have ran slower.
Oh I forgot...I had a weight lifting session at 10 am today. Upper body and core. Here are pics of the race!  
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| Weight training - Upper body and core. | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 11 miles @ 8:29 pace. Low on energy today | | Comments(9) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Upper body and core workout at the gym.
3 easy miles @ 7:55 pace. Planning on 21 miles tomorrow.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 18.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 |
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First 16 @ 8:43 pace Last 5 I did a tempo run...(only wanted to keep around a marathon pace for the 3 miles in between)
Mile 17 - 8:29 Mile 18 - 7:39
Mile 19 - 7:46
Mile 20 - 7:53
Mile 21 - 10:00 (took it really easy) Total time 3:01:19 (8:38 pace)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Upper body and core workout at the gym. Legs are feeling surprising good today! | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 7.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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So I know I should have taken it easy today since I ran 21 on Saturday but I felt too good today. No soreness/pain and full of energy. The weather today was sunny in the afternoon, 63F but with winds 20 mph. I felt great during/after the run, my splits would have probably been a lil faster w/o the wind but I wasn't trying to push it too hard today. Just marathon to slightly faster pace and then a good push at the end. Mile 1 - 8:09 Mile 2 - 7:47
Mile 3 - 7:46
Mile 4 - 7:50 Mile 5 - 7:46
Mile 6 - 7:43
Mile 7 - 7:49
Mile 8 - 7:08 Total time 1:02:00 avg pace 7:44
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Upper body and core workout. No run today. Just trying to let the body rest. Plan on a short easy run tomorrow and a long run Thursday.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| ran 4 easy miles. planning on 15-16 tomorrow. | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| So this morning, I felt pretty crappy and was kind of dreading my 16 mile run I had to do after work. After a full day at work (felt better), I came home and went straight on to my run. Surprisingly felt great during the whole run. I felt I could have ran a sub 3:40 marathon pretty easily today. First 13 miles were at an 8:15 avg pace (easy) with a couple of marathon pace miles in there (not on purpose). Last 3 miles in 7:35, 7:28, 7:16. Total time 2:09:34 (avg 8:05 pace)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| TM run today. 1 mile warm up next 7 miles all incline all at 7.0 mph (8:34 pace) first 3 miles were 3% mile 4 at 1% next 2.5 miles at 3% last .5 at 4% last minute was 7.5 mph (8:00 pace)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Upper body and core workout at the gym | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 77.25 | 37.00 | 34.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 148.45 |
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