First Goal - 10k under 50 minutes

As the title says: 10k under 50 minutes.

First of all, You have to plan you progress in the long term. Consult your Medical doctor, run some blood tests and do an ECG before starting any strenuous physical activity. I did that: everything's fine (no High blood pressure, no blood sugar, no cholesterol and an olympic athlete resting heart rate of 47 BPM). It's as if my heart is asking me to be put under pressure...

How am I going to do this while juggling family, work and a PhD thesis on the way? Careful planning and ensuring that I don't get injured in the way...


With that being said, I'll be reassessing my plans every 2 weeks and adapt it according to how I am feeling and to the load work/family/PhD puts on my days.

So here it goes: For the first two weeks, I plan on doing 4-5 sessions per week. The goal is to put my muscles and cardiovascular system under pressure and see how the respond to this load.

I plan on doing short 40min sessions, and a longer, 1h session per week, always over 80% max HR.

Let's see how the plan unfolds...