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"
Hell Hole Swamp Gator 10k (6.21 Miles) 00:42:06, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 4
Easy Miles
Marathon Pace Miles
Threshold Miles
VO2 Max Miles
Crosstraining miles
Total Miles
2.00
0.00
6.21
0.00
0.00
8.21
So the first thing we noticed when arriving in this town (Jamestown, SC) was a whole lot of confederate flags flying. I was a lil scared lol. Lots of hill billys, mullets, and camouflage everywhere. Oh well, it was expected. Now onto the race. Here is a video of the start.
Splits
Mile 1 (paved) - 6:24
Mile 2 (half on dirt/gravel) - 6:45
Mile 3 (dirt/gravel) - 6:59
Mile 4 (dirt/gravel) - 6:58
Mile 5 (dirt/gravel) - 6:59
Mile 6 (paved) - 6:41
Mile 6.2 (paved) - 1:19 (6:15 pace)
Running on dirt/gravel was harder than expected. It slowed me down as you can see in my splits when I was running on dirt. At least I got a new PR and a gator head trophy. I was hoping for a sub 42 but oh well. It was hot/humid but I did the best I could. They did the awards a lil bit weird. I thought they usually give out the top 10 awards first, then age division but they did it backwards. They gave out the age division winners first and then top 10. I think I placed 8th not including the age winners. Overall I think I placed 13th or so. I will have to find out for sure once it gets posted. Here are some pics of the race. Sorry, boring report but maybe I'll edit some details later. Oh btw, this is a real gator head.
Still waiting on results, but I did find out that there were 220 runners.
So I decided that my goals of 20,100 push ups/sit ups each was a lil too crazy and changed it to 20,100 total combined. Or maybe I'm just a pansy. Oh well =P
Ah..Skipping tonight's run. Not feeling too good. Been sick with a cold for the past week. Been taking dayquils and vitamin C but not really helping too much. I had to take a dayquil the morning on the 10k too! I hope this is over soon. I'm trying to put in 60 miles this week.
I went to the gym first but the rain leaked through the ceiling and all the cardio equipment was not working. My mileage has been lacking due to the crappy weather. It looks like it's gonna be crappy all week. Hopefully the treadmills in the gym are working tomorrow.
