Viet’s Blog

Hi friends! It’s been a minute. Clearly, I haven’t been putting much attention into writing lately. Let's consider this a little reset. My name is Viet. I’m 42, and I only started running seriously in 2020, right around pandemic time. I had nothing else to do at home but run around my own neighborhood, so that's what I did. I have no background in track, no HS cross-country glory days or anything like that. I’ve never been especially fast or athletic. Honestly? There’s nothing special about me when it comes to training or genetics. I say that because I genuinely believe this: If I can run stupid-long distances—like marathons, or even longer—then you absolutely can too. A huge part of my journey has been learning . This sport seems simple (put one foot in front of the other, right?), but it’s surprisingly deep. I’ve spent the past few years soaking up knowledge to figure out how to train smarter, fuel better, and avoid jumping on the struggle bus at mile 19 (again. I'm...

    Hi everyone! Its been a minute. Work has been slow so I've been spending much of the summer running. The summer is going to come and go anyways, so might as well spend it building up a massive aerobic base 😎 In the interest of not being too long winded, I'll break this into parts. I've been meaning to post something about my Half Marathon anyways, so I'll start with a race report about the Foot Traffic Flat on July 4th.   My Training :    I didn't have any particular training for this race. I wanted to start incorporating track work , specifically 400m repeats when I can . Its summer but I guess the kids at the high school still do practice for sports on the field . If the track is being used , then I end up going the "Kofuzi " workout , which is 6x1 mile repeats with about 90 seconds of rest . (Kofuzi is this guy ) I wanted to train some speed in before I started slogging through marathon pace work .     Outside of the 400 m repeats or the 1 mi...