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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Video of the Flowertown Race. My favorite 5k so far!

Comments
From Samantha Dean-Howard on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 07:46:46 from 78.32.130.9

Vinh how cool I saw you on the start line, hey fast runners to the front eh!

and I saw you finnishing you looked quick well done thats so cool :)

From vinh on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 07:55:43 from 75.77.22.187

haha, I should have been a few rows back so I wouldn't try to keep up with the really fast runners. That last stretch to the finish was rough. My form was probably horrible huh?

From Michelle on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 09:56:22 from 97.118.13.58

I'm glad it was a fun run for you. There is a race in Colorado called the Bolder Boulder. It is a 10K with bands on nearly every corner, belly dancers, and free food along the way. It is definitely an entertaining run!

From RivertonPaul on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:27:19 from 67.42.27.114

Wow, some stud at the 1:12 mark, and again at 2:28!

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 17:46:08 from 90.195.99.128

I think your form looked pretty good Vinh- this race makes me so jealous, our races are pretty lame compared to that for the small races we dont get hardly any the stuff like in the video for the 5k, it makes me wanna fly over and race in your end of the world.

one of the 5ks I do is on the Facebook video on my wall just to show you as I dont know how to put on my blog ha ha LOL

From SlowJoe on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 19:22:05 from 184.79.24.255

Hey cool they got your finish. Lookin good.

From Smooth on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 00:32:49 from 174.23.198.220

That's a cool video! You looked GREAT at the start AND the finish! NICE pics on yesterday's post too! How neat to be able to watch your PR race! :)

From vinh on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 06:57:25 from 75.77.22.187

Thanks Michelle! That 10k sounds pretty fun. It makes races so much better when they actually do stuff like that.

Haha Paul! Maybe one day I'll be a stud.

Sam, that would be awesome if you could come over here and race! Wish we could all meet up and race somewhere. I couldn't find that video you were talking about. Where is it? I looked on your wall and didn't see a video.

Thanks Joe! Yea, I'm surprised to see myself in it.

Thanks Smooth! I'm glad I got some pics of the 5k and even a video! It's really unexpected to see this for a 5k. Definitely my favorite 5k in Charleston.

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