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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
31.405.608.000.000.0045.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.405.600.000.000.0013.00

It was rainy and cold outside so today was a treadmill day.

13 miles total

5.6 miles at 8:00 pace

7.4 miles at 8:30 pace

I used the Speed Interval setting and toggled between an 8:30 pace and 8:00 pace.

Total time was 1:48:30 about an 8:20 pace

Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Upper body and core workout.

Legs feel good today!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.500.004.000.000.0010.50

4 AM - 4 mile run

6 PM - 800m repeats x 8

90 second rest in between. I thought we were going to do a 400m recovery but I'm glad we didn't lol!

This workout was killer! Almost felt like puking twice!

2 mile warm up

1st 800 - 3:00

2nd 800 - 2:56

3rd 800 - 3:03

4th 800 - 3:05

5th 800 - 3:07

6th 800 - 3:16 (um, you can tell I was hurting/lolligagging on this one lol)

7th 800 - 3:07

8th 800 - 3:08

.5 mile cool down

Comments(12)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

Didn't feel like running today. Calves were sore and I was tired, but I ran anyway! 

5 miles slow recovery run

Have a good Thanksgiving everyone!

Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Happy Turkey Day!

 

9AM - 5 miles slow and easy

8PM - another 5 miles, easy pace

Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.500.004.000.000.006.50

Hill workout today. I modified Teena's hill workout that she did the other day =)

1 mile warm up

.75 mile 3% incline 8:30 pace

.75 mile 4% incline 8:30 pace

.75 mile 5% incline 8:30 pace

.25 mile recovery jog

.25 mile 4% incline 8:30 pace

.25 mile 5% incline 8:30 pace

.25 mile 6% incline 8:30 pace

.5 mile recovery jog

1 mile 0% incline 6:48 pace

.75 mile cool down

6.5 miles total

Did legs, arms and core afterwards...

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
31.405.608.000.000.0045.00
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