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

Week starting Feb 28, 2010

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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

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
30.50	9.00	1.50	0.00	0.00	41.00

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

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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Mon, Mar 01, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00

Still not 100% but I need to do something...

Upper body and core at the gym.

8 miles @ 8:07 pace

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Tue, Mar 02, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
3.00	6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.00

Originally planned to run 2 5ks in 20:30 (6:35 pace), 2 min rest in between but I wussed out b/c I was a lil dehydrated and cramping at first =(

Here is what I did do.

TM workout

2 mile warm up

3 sets of 2 mile repeats at 6:35 pace (13:10)

2 min rest in between

1 mile cool down

Felt better when I was in the 2nd set. The pace wasn't too daunting. I know I can run the 2 5k's at that pace, I just don't think I'm 100% today. Oh well...at least I know I can run 2 mile repeats at my last 5k PR pace.

Oh BTW, so the marathon I was SUPPOSED to run last month emailed us and gave us a great offer... NOT! For this month only, we can register for next year's marathon for 50% off. Yup, that's it! I might just do it anyway, b/c I plan on running a lot of marathons starting this fall through next year in attempt to qualify for Boston. I've got a long, tough road ahead of me before that happens.

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Wed, Mar 03, 2010

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...

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Thu, Mar 04, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
11.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

13 miles in 1:45:48 (8:08 avg pace) last 2 were 7:42, 7:21. Legs felt a lil heavy but overall a good run. Oh, forgot to mention that I didn't drink water or use gels this run. I don't think I will on any runs less than 2 hours.

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Sat, Mar 06, 2010

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

8 miles @ 8:07 pace

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
30.50	9.00	1.50	0.00	0.00	41.00

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