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
38.009.004.000.000.0051.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.007.000.000.000.0017.00

First 10 miles @ 8:42 easy pace

Last 7 miles @ 8:00 marathon pace

Total time 2 hours 23 mins 7 sec (8:25 pace) Felt strong throughout the run.

Comments(8)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

Upper body and core workout at the gym.

3 mile recovery run. Got 6 in the AM tomorrow and 8 in the PM.

Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.002.004.000.000.0014.00

4AM - 6 miles

6PM - 8 miles TM workout

I thought I was going to be pretty sluggish for this workout but it went a lot better than I expected. Maybe it was b/c I took a 90 min nap after work =)

1 mile warm up

2 miles @ 2% incline 7.7 mph (7:47 pace)

.5 mile recovery jog

2 miles @ 0% incline 8.6 mph (6:58 pace)

.5 mile recovery jog

1 mile @ 0% incline 8.0 mph (7:30 pace)

1 mile @ 0% incline 7.5 mph (8:00 pace)

Comments(18)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 mile recovery run

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

10 slow miles

My right knee area has been bothering the past couple days. Gonna take a day or two off from running just for precaution. I don't think it's anything serious. Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. I'm off work till Jan 4th =)

Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.000.000.000.000.001.00

(R) Knee is still hurting today. It's not bad enough where I can't run but it just hurts when I land sometimes (also when I walk). The area where it hurts is more behind the knee and to the outside. Not sure if it's just a ligament I pulled or something. I have an icy/hot sleeve on it today, hopefully it helps.

Well I went to the gym and tried the elliptical for 5 mins. The knee still hurts a bit even on the elliptical. I ran 1 mile going from 10 min pace to 7:15 pace to see if my knee hurts more at a certain speed. It didn't really bother me running, only certain times when I landed. Not sure what is wrong with me. I'll take it easy a couple more days. This definitely sucks though. 

 

Upper body workout

Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
38.009.004.000.000.0051.00
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