Road to 10k — A Weekly Journal | Week 6

For all those new here, hey — I’m Leon :). Got a 10k charity race coming up and wanted to bring you along with my training. Plans will be available for you to follow along if you‘d like.

Race date: 23rd October 2022

The week before the charity race! Scary how fast these past few weeks have gone. This week was a bit of an eye-opener for me especially during the Saturday/Sunday. If you’re following the Fitain journey (4 of us building our app from scratch around full time jobs) you’d know we launched our mini awareness campaign. It’s been an emotionally and physically exhausting week, which has affected my training.

Thursday — Outdoor run | Endurance

Saturday — Walk | Endurance

Sunday — Legs | Strength

Thursday Run:

Think this was highlight of the week - ran 9.5km in 51mins.

Note: I get the data from my Apple Watch and log it here.

It’s the longest distance I’ve ran outside of training for a race. To say my pace wasn’t affected that much, the training is working.

Saturday Walk:

My walking pace has quickened… This would normally take me 45/50mins but damn, what an improvement!

Here’s the thing, my pace felt the same — it just felt like a normal walk.

Whilst I got your attention:

I’d normally do an endurance-style workout but decided to go for a walk instead to switch off. I’d like to point out the mental health is just as important as physical. To be honest, the pressures of building Fitain as well as everything else is exhausting. Had some time off and felt better Sunday.

Sunday Legs

Legs legs legs… has to be done. It’s clearly working as my muscular endurance has improved dramatically. I wanted to get another in before my race but give me enough time to recover. Take a look at my scores — I had to take a video:

Based on my Thursday run, I realised my cardio is good, it’s my muscular endurance in my legs (quads, right knee & hip flexors). The last time I did this the DOMS were crazy. I think doing this plan has helped my running strike pattern. I can run mid/front foot for a majority of the distance (making me faster).

Positives I’ve seen from this workout:

• Leg endurance improved (longer distances without a burn in the hip flexors/quads/hamstrings)
• Stronger calves (can run mid/front foot for longer distances)
• Faster*

Overall an eventful week, training has suffered a bit but we keep going. Last stretch!

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