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

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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:

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"

 

 

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

 

 

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Reserved a room at the Econo Lodge in St. George. Kinda ghetto but it was cheap and walking distance from the finish.

30 min swim

Push ups

14-18-14-14-35(max) (60 sec rest in between) Week 3 day 1, 3rd column

Sit ups

21-27-21-21-30(Max) (60 sec rest in between) Week 3 day 1, 3rd column


Comments
From KP on Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:45:35 from 65.208.22.26

you're going to totally win the competition.

From vinh on Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:48:56 from 75.77.22.187

lol KP, I'm just doing it for fun. I might have an unfair advantage b/c I do more weight training than the average runner. Are you in on the challenge?

From KP on Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:57:01 from 65.208.22.26

I've dubbed myself the official cheerleader. I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to complete a pull-up. I did the test thing the other night and it WAS NOT pretty. So, I figure I might kinda do it on my own at home just because y'all motivate me. But, I'm not officially in the competition. I'm a sore loser and really don't want to eat Burt's shorts!

From SlowJoe on Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 15:13:30 from 184.79.24.255

I've stayed in somne nice Econo Lodges - all you need is a bed anyway.

Nice long run yesterday, too.

From Burt on Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 15:42:57 from 206.19.214.144

KP - how do you like my shorts? Sauteed in onions? Raw like sushi? Well done?

From vinh on Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 06:39:58 from 75.77.22.187

KP - ha, it's all good. No one wants to eat Burt's shorts!

Joe - I stayed there last year for SGM, it wasn't bad but it wasn't that great either. I don't mind it though.

Burt - haha

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 08:09:31 from 78.32.130.9

he he Baby Burty ha ha

okay I think your gonna get to the 100/200 before any of us LOL

great workouts though :)

KP Just keep trying its all good fun with extreme comp streaks rofl

From Kelli on Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:20:09 from 71.219.92.128

Hey, you take what you can get there on that weekend, right? All you need is a place to sleep!! Still hoping you get in, you would have an awesome finish time there!

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