Personal Best on 1/2 Mile Swim....Another Thanks to P90X!!

Yesterday was the first day back in the pool after a 12 days of no swim due to me being out of town and not close to a pool.  Well, the incredible news is that I beat my 1/2 mile swim record ever....once again....unbelievable. How in the world does this happen when you haven't been training in 12 days??? I honestly can't believe it and if you've been reading my previous blogs over the past month, you'll know I have only one thing to attribute this too and that's P90X!! 

I've been dedicated to the P90X program and am currently at Day 77.  A few of you have emailed me inquiring on P90X  to find out the detailed specs on how I've been coordinating it w/ the tri workouts.  If you're interested, please send me an email and I'll provide you w/ all info.  sjogren@gmail.com. The physical transformation to the body is also incredible as well.  I'm now seeing abs I thought I never had.  P90X Day 90 will be four days before the race...perfect to end w/ the tri taper.

Below is more for my own record to reference down the road. My swim splits were as follows:

1/2 miie: 14:29

1/4 mile: 7:03

1/2 mile: 14:09 (THE RECORD SWIM FOR ME)

1/4 mile: 7:09

1/2 mile: 4:18 

I also ran 8 miles post the swim at Alki and that felt great as well.  Below is a bit of a clip on that run introducing my running partner Walter to you all.

Rock'n the Run and Swim! Swear P90X is the Source! Broke Personal Bests AGAIN!

Honestly can't believe how amazing the training has gone.  I look at my times and scratch my head as I've broken my running course record again (on Sunday, specs below...24:39).  This was on Sunday.  I shaved off another 50 seconds.  LOVE IT!  Specs below, you might say that's nothing spectacular for a 3 mile course, but I'm having to conquer 4 steep hills over the course of the run. 

Track 001

Perry has created a track with MotionX-GPS on the iPhone

Date:Mar 14, 2010 12:11 pm

Distance:3.03 miles

Elapsed Time:24:39.4

Avg. Speed:7.4 mph

Max. Speed:11.2 mph

Avg. Pace:08' 08" per mile

Map link expires:Apr 13, 2010 2:26 PM PDT

And this morning I cranked out a 2 mile swim and pushed for speed on two of the half miles.  1/4 mile was at 7:29 and then 7:19, 1/2 mile was at 15:15 and then 14:40.  Average laps for the 1/2 mile at 15:15 and 14:40 are 51 and 49 second laps.  Prior to today's swim, my lap pool personal best for the 1/2 mile was 15:30 and that was right before a race where I had been swimming quite a bit.  CRAZY!!


I'm day 47 into P90X and I swear this is the source for me breaking these records.  My core feels so incredibly strong, and P90X is the only thing I can attribute this too.  I should be swimming, running and biking at least 3x/week and I've been averaging at the most 2x/week for each, so P90X is helping w/ the training beyond belief. If I weren't doing this program, I am certain I would not be breaking these records.  And the really cool thing is that my body is shedding the fat (was at 21% at start of P90X on Jan 29, 2010...goal is 10% for Day 90, Apr 28th) and doing a pretty cool transformation.  I had a really nice gut going on Day 1....post Holiday as well as many years of just something I couldn't shed off. SORRY to go off on this...it just amazes me though.


If you want more specs on the program, shoot me an email and I'll give you more specs on how I'm implementing P90X w/ the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon training. It's important to coordinate your tri training w/ the very specific P90X days as you don't want to hurt the P90X 'muscle confusion' which is trademark for the program. My email is sjogren@gmail.com  


For those of you doing the race, I hope the training is going well for you. Share your stories w/ me if you like.  45 DAYS AND WE'LL BE JUMPING OFF THAT BOAT NEXT TO THAT ISLAND CALLED ALCATRAZ. WOOOHOOO!!!