2010, My year to smash all of my PR's

Cooper River Bridge Run 10k

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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
12 Hour Ultra (July 2010)	60.8 miles

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Quâ€™est-ce que câ€™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"

Vinh's Power Songs

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

Vinh Nguyen

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Sat, Mar 27, 2010

Race: Cooper River Bridge Run 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:42:44, Place overall: 622, Place in age division: 113

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.25	0.00	6.20	0.00	0.00	6.45

Cooper Bridge 10k in 42:44 (6:52 pace) though my garmin said 42:32 (6:49 pace) for 6.23 miles. Beat last year's time (47:29) by almost 5 mins!

Mile 1 - 7:09 (Tried to stay conservative and not go out fast)

Mile 2 - 7:18 (uphill 4% grade)

Mile 3 - 7:11 (uphill, but starting to level out)

Mile 4 - 6:35 (downhill)

Mile 5 - 6:37 (flat)

Mile 6 - 6:21 (flat)

Mile 6.2 - 1:17 (flat) 5:43 pace

Felt great the whole time. I think I can bust out a sub 42 or even 41 on a flat course. We'll see. I'll update more on the race details later. Have a great weekend everyone! Oh forgot to mention that I also ran with the boss (owner of my company today) He did awesome. 43:16. It was a pleasure to run with him.

Placed 540/13696 in Gender

Placed 113/2072 in Age

Placed 622/33042 Overall

Comments

From Michelle on Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 15:16:37 from 71.218.114.99

Great time! You have improved so much over the last year. I am glad you felt great the whole time, that is when running is fun. Enjoy your weekend!

From Huans32 on Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 22:20:58 from 98.202.0.57

Awesome job man. Look at how strong those last 3 miles were. You just kept picking up the pace. Yeah you really do have alot more speed left in you for a sub 42 for sure.

From Teena Marie on Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 00:25:12 from 174.52.45.85

WOW!!! You really are an amazing runner!!! Excellent job today!!! A huge congrats to both you and your boss!

From missy on Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 02:03:06 from 71.35.245.157

Way to SMOKE your boss Vinh!!! ;P Show him who really is in charge..hehe.

Very nice PR as well. Err..that 4% grade...*shudder*

I LOVE how you kicked it in at 5:43 pace. You definitely will PR on your next 10k as well.

Woot!

From SlowJoe on Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 10:39:44 from 184.79.24.255

Now that is a strong finish! Great race Vinh, huge PR on a tough course.

From vinh on Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 17:14:35 from 71.68.254.197

Michelle - Thanks a lot! Definitely was my best race so far. I hit everything as planned. Didn't start out too fast, and finished strong. Weekend has been awesome, thanks!

Mark - Thanks bro! I felt good. I was pretty conservative at the beginning b/c of the incline. Last 2 miles I felt awesome so I just pushed it and passed lots of people. Hoping to break 40 min next year on this course. Gonna be tough. I'm glad we both got PR's on our 10k's!

Teena - Thanks! You are the amazing runner! Your training is looking fantastic. I can't wait to hear about Boston. It will be a huge PR for you. I still haven't decided about St. George but if I do get in, you will have to help pace me =)

Missy! - Thanks! My boss and I stayed together till mile 5. He said he was hurting at the top of the bridge.... I couldn't let him beat me so I pushed it the last 1.2 He is 46 so he still ran an awesome race. He used to run 16-17 min 3 miles and has ran a 50 miler. He is pretty bada$$. We need to race together! Just don't beat me too bad =P

Joe - Thanks man! I'm pretty happy about this race. Now it's time for me to step up my mileage and training. I'll be waiting to hear about your huge half marathon PR coming up!

From Kelli on Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 21:08:42 from 71.219.89.155

Oh my heck, you are fast! Nice job again. I agree, you can bust 41 minutes for sure.

From Burt on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 01:41:46 from 98.177.220.145

Awesome Vinh. Perfect blog title because you keep getting better.

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 05:18:40 from 78.32.130.9

Wow another pr, well done Vinh- your doing so great improving allot and that half marathon your going to smash your time for sure :)

From vinh on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 08:18:12 from 75.77.22.187

Thanks Kelli! Maybe I'll wait till next year to run another 10k and see how much more of an improvement I can make. I really need to focus on the marathon distance this year.

Thanks Burt! I can't wait to run a marathon though. I really think I can make a HUGE improvement in my time at that distance.

Thanks Sam! As of now, I don't have any races scheduled anytime soon. I need to work on my base mileage and work on marathon training. I don't know if I have it in me to pull out a sub 3:10 (BQ) marathon by this fall but I am going to try. Hopefully at least I can do it by next year.

From Kelli on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:56:08 from 71.219.89.155

I think 1 10k and 1 5k a year are plenty, but, then again, I am a total baby when it comes to short races.

From KP on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:59:08 from 65.208.22.25

Congrats on a PR! Awesome!

From missy on Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 20:04:47 from 75.162.124.71

IDK Vinh...you might give me a run for my money..and give me something to chase to the finish! :P

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