On the 30th of april 2023, Zuck shocked the world by revealing his impressive 5K time of 19:34. But the question is: will I be able to beat Zuck's 5K PB any time before the 1st of October 2024?
Resolution criteria:
Zuck's fastest publically known 5K time is 19:34, currently this is the time to beat, however, if he runs a faster time than this, that time will become the new time to beat.
Resolves to YES if I beat his fastest 5K time on any day before the 1st of October 2024 (does not have to be in an official race)
Resolves to NO if I fail to do this for any reason, including injury
Background:
The Competition:
Mark Zuckerberg - Billionaire tech founder
5K PB of 19:34
Had surgery to repair a ruptured ACL in early november 2023
Ran a 21:02 5K on the 21st of April 2024
Me:
University student
5K PB of 23:26
Currently injury free
Never ran an official 5K race
Ran a half marathon race in April 2024, achieving a time of 2:03:56. However this was after being ill for around 4 weeks and not being able to train properly.
Have been running with varying consistency for ~18 months
For accountability: I will be posting details of my training at the end of every week.
Willing to answer any questions/clarify in the comments
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3.00@jcb Once I've got my mileage up to what i want (~55k/week), ill probably be doing around 5 hours of training a week.
In terms of my training plan, I will be doing something similar to what I did around a year ago, which was:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - VO2/Threshold intervals
Wednesday - Easy 8-10k
Thursday - Progression run: 20' easy, 20' tempo, 20' threshold
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Easy 8-10k
Sunday - Long Run - ~15k