2020 Training Week 11 (20/07/2020 to 26/07/2020)

July 26, 2020

Summary of this week’s activities

First, let’s review my activities during this week. I had 4 run activities this week. On Tuesday (21/07) I had an 11K run with the following averages: (11.01 K, 5:17 min/km, 161 bpm, 47m elevation gain). On Wednesday (22/07) I had a 13K run with the following averages: (13.01 K, 5:39 min/km, 160 bpm, 85m elevation gain). On Friday (24/07) I had a tempo 11K run with the following averages: (11.01 K, 5:09 min/km, 159 bpm, 41m elevation gain). On Sunday (26/07) I had a 14K run with the following averages: (14.00 K, 5:29 min/km, 158 bpm, 21m elevation gain).

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
20	11K Run	13K Run	23	Tempo 11K	25	14K Run	49.0 km
9198	16120	18742	10143	15742	17116	19187	106,248
79.4 kg	79.8 kg	79.8 kg	79.7 kg	79.3 kg	78.9 kg	79.4 kg

VO2Max and weekly totals

My VO2Max this week in my (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday) activities were (53, 52, 54, 54) ml/kg/min respectively. My weekly totals this week were 49.0 km run and 106,248 steps. Total weight loss so far 8.1 kg and this week’s weight loss -0.4 kg (gaining 0.4 kg).

About my weight loss

In regards to my weight loss this week, my weekly weight loss was -0.4 kg (gaining 0.4 kg weight) and more important than that my total weight loss was 8.1 kg. I have to mention that my lowest weight during the week happened on Saturday (78.9 kg) so my actual total weight loss for the entire 11 weeks is 8.6 kg. That means I’m 2.4 kg behind the schedule (1 kg/week) and my total goal achievement is 78.2 %.

About individual runs

On Tuesday (21/07): I resumed my training after a week of rest and I am very happy about it. I was able to run today injury free which was a great pleasure for me. I didn’t have any problems during the run today. I am also very happy about my new running VO2Max which is 53. I washed my heart rate monitor properly before the run so the measured heart rate and VO2Max should be accurate. The other thing that I want to mention today is about my training plan. I switched my training plan to “faster road racing training plan for 10-12K training” but without the intervals. I got the idea of postponing the intervals for after 12 weeks from this article. Looking back at my improvement in the first 9 weeks makes me extremely happy. I lost 8.5kg in 10 weeks and during the 9 weeks of training I almost made a sub 50min 10K run which is very promising to me. I was doing a lot of calculations about my improvement in the second and third 9 weeks trainings and was thinking if I can improve 5 min of my 10K time during each period which means making a 10K sub 40min run in 30 weeks (~8 months) from the start point which would be very good. Anyways I’m not going to overthink about it because it’s a long way from now and everything can happen by that time. I just want to focus on training smart, losing another 8.5 kg of weight in next 10 weeks and improving my 10K run time during the same period of time. I also want to mention that this run was my longest run in the past 3.5 years because all of my long runs in that period of time was at most 10K . I am again happy about it too. After the run when I got home, I did a few stretches with my foam roller and my gym ball which helped my muscles a lot !

On Wednesday (22/07): A bit of pain in my left knee since the beginning of the run.