New Cooper's Test Run Time

4:46 AM

So after doing that Cooper's Test for the first time the other day, literally the next day I did another Cooper's Test again. This time I didn't jog first when I got to the park, instead I just started Cooper's Test right away. This time I beat my previous score by 0.13 miles which gave me 3 VO2Max points higher. I know VO2Max is milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of bodyweight per minute, but it is easier to just regard them as "points" to simplify it. Maybe VO is the simplest way to discuss VO2Max "points", for example: I improved my score by 3 VOs.

I arrived a few minutes later than usual and the morning cyclist was not there. He's really only there before the sun comes up. I notice that he just disappears a few minutes after dawn, when the sky transitions from a dark blue hue to an illuminated orange one. I'm usually there for another 30 or so minutes after the sky is lit up and everything becomes more visible. He's mainly only there when it's still dark.

So when I arrived at the park, I literally just got into position and then started the timer on my watch. I didn't bother looking at my watch again until I completed 2 laps, or 1 mile, because that's when I knew I was close to 12 minutes. When I completed 1 mile, I was surprised that I did it in 9 minutes and 27 seconds. I thought it would be closer to 10 minutes, but this meant that I had a pretty good pace. Unfortunately I slowed down after looking at my watch, but I still ran a decent 1.25 miles at the end.

According to my age range, this is an "average" score. Actually, I am untrained. I am a sedentary person. Over the past year my average steps per day is 2000-3000 steps and that's just because I have to stand up and move things around or use the bathroom or do other chores. According to the Wikipedia page, which I have screenshotted, the calculation for sedentary people is different. Cooper's Test is mainly only for active people. I am also overweight, but that's not taken into consideration. Based on this new calculation, let's see what my VO2Max is. It's actually lower at 31.4 instead of 33.7 with the active person calculation. Ouch.

Anyway, I understand my VO2Max is low. The best way to improve it is to do a Norwegian 4x4 3 times per week.