| 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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| 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 | | 53.50 | 51.00 | 11.50 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 118.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 miles @ 8:18 pace | | Comments(14) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 7.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| Ran 12 miles in 1:36:00 (8:00 pace) last 2 in 7:25, 7:15. I wasn't pushing the pace or anything the first 10 miles....I just felt very comfortable. I'll try to take it easier tomorrow but no guarantees =P 8-8:15 pace is getting a lot easier to me. Maybe I should up my marathon pace? | | Comments(8) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Been feelin sick (head cold) since last
night. Ran an easy 8 miles to sweat it out. First 6 @ 7.0 mph (8:34
pace), last mile @ 7.5 mph (8:00 pace) all on 1% incline. 1 mile cool
down. Plannin on running a 10 mile marathon simulation run tomorrow.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Sorry I haven't been FRB lately. Been kinda busy and also feeling a lil sick the past several days. I need to catch up on everyone's blogs/comments. I promise I'll do it tomorrow at work =) So I wasn't feeling good enough to run yesterday...but felt much better today. I decided to only run 9 b/c I felt that I had my pace down the last 5 miles and just wanted to hold back and save it for the race. The run didn't start off to great tho. I still have problems holding back the first few miles. I ran the first mile in 8:04 and the next two were 7:44, 7:48. What is wrong with me? I wanted hit the first mile in 8:15 and the next two around 8:05. I also tied my left shoe a lil too tight and my foot was going numb. After mile 4, I got into the groove and hit the paces that I wanted (w/o lookin at the watch) which was around 7:50-8:00. Anyway, I hope everyone had a great weekend. I will hit everyone up tomorrow. I promise! Total time - 1:11:24 (avg pace 7:56)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles @ 8:10 pace. a bit windy today | | Comments(14) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 short easy miles. tapering is no fun. | | Comments(13) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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EZ 2 miles. Will report about the race tomorrow =)
Update: So it is freakin snowing here in Myrtle Beach. As of right now the race is delayed half an hour, but it may be pushed back or even cancelled =( It's not snowing bad or anything but it hardly ever snows here and people are freaking out. Will update if anything changes. Thanks for all the comments so far. I will reply soon! | | Comments(13) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.00 | 16.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
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Sorry everyone but the race was cancelled due to the snow. I've been pretty upset all day. I will reply to everyone soon. However, I did run today out of frustration.
Ran 18 miles total, no water or gu.
First 17 miles avg 8:00 flat pace, mile 17 was 7:06
1 cool down mile
A lil bit windy on the way back...
Wish I could have had a race report for everyone | | Comments(15) |
| | 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 |
| 8 miles @ 8:07 pace. I guess next week I'll start adding intervals/tempos into my workouts to get ready for the upcoming 5k/10k next month. | | Comments(11) |
| | 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 work out. No run today cuz they were doing construction on the roads by my house. Planning on 10 tomorrow. | | Comments(7) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| So I decided to run a couple of mile sprints in with my 10 mile run to see where my speed was at. I thought I may have gotten slower since I haven't pushed the pace in a while. The pace for most of the run was slow around 8:30-9:15 b/c those sprints killed me. Mile 3 - 5:40 Had to walk for a couple minutes after b/c I felt my heart was going to burst. I don't think I've ever ran a sub 6 before Mile 8 - 6:10 Slightly uphill in the wind. I wasn't pushing as hard as the first sprint. Maybe b/c I was pretty much gassed after that first one. Overall, pretty happy with the results. I see everyone is stepping up their training lately. Now it is my turn! =)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| TM work out....legs were still a lil sore from Thursday's run. 1 mile warm up 2 miles 7.0 mph (8:34 pace) 4% incline .5 mile recovery 0% incline 1 mile 9.5 mph (6:18 pace) 0% incline .5 mile cool down Felt dehydrated so I cut it short. Planning on 12 miles tomorrow. Upper body and core after the run.
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| | 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 |
| Easy 9 @ 8:18 pace. Was lazy and started my run late in the day =( Planning on some intervals, leg workout, short tempo, inclines this week. Try to squeeze a longer run in as well. | | Comments(8) |
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| Upper body and core work out...TM speed intervals tomorrow. 800's at 6:00 pace with a 400m recovery at 7:45 pace? | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| TM workout Speed Intervals 1 mile warm up .5 mile intervals at 10 mph (6:00 pace) followed by .25 mile recovery at 7.0 mph (8:34 pace) x 4 took a couple of min to get some water .5 mile intervals at 9.5 mph (6:18 pace) followed by .25 mile recovery at
7.0 mph (8:34 pace) x 4 1 mile cool down Followed Cal's advice and slowed down the recovery to 7.0, I think I would have died if I did the 7:45 pace I was thinking about. First 4 sets were tough, last 4 not so bad. 6:18 felt comfortably hard. I'll try this again next week but maybe change it to 3/4 mile at 6:00 pace with a slower recovery x 6?
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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 |
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So the legs are feeling surprisingly good today. Not much soreness. Not sure if it has anything to do with the epsom salt bath. I've been soaking in that after a hard workout. I plan on running an easy recovery today after work. I wanted to get some advice on something though. When I was in the Corps and I was training hard core and probably not very smart, I was running with a 20lb vest. I was only doing 1-3 miles with it but it helped me get faster and run 3 miles in 19 flat (on a windy day) Well I still have the weight vest and was wondering if it's a smart/dumb idea to train with it? Late work out.... Swam for 30 min Ran 3 easy miles Upper body and core workout
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| No run/workout today. Didn't have enough time to squeeze one in. Going to my first live MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fight tonight. I'm a hard core fan =P | | Comments(3) |
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Sick.... =( Hopefully I'll be better tomorrow. I need a good workout!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Still sick....so I made it quick. Took the 2 min rest b/c I was dehydrated from all the medicine.
1 mile warm up .75 mile @ 8:00 pace 6% incline 2 min rest .5 mile @ 8:00 pace 7% incline 2 min rest .25 mile @ 8:00 pace 8% incline .5 mile cool down
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 53.50 | 51.00 | 11.50 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 118.00 |
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