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!!!

P90X is Rock'n the Core Strength

Alright guy/gals, I have to journal this because it's a bit crazy.  Two weeks ago I rolled my foot, broke a blood vessel and had some soft tissue torn (I put a pic of the beautiful foot at the end of this post....I know...nice eh!!).  It looks much worse than it feels.....I thank God it wasn't fractured or a worse soft tissue tear, as that would have put me out for months. So I had to lay off the running for two weeks.  Well this past Friday was two weeks to the day of the injury and I decided to give my regular running course a shot. Here's the incredible news.....I beat my all time course record by 23 seconds (25 minutes, 30 seconds).  And the record before this was set two weeks prior and get this....that run was the first time I had run the course since my triathlon last year.  Now that is absolutely crazy!!  I've been doing my normal running (2-3 x/week - 4-6 miles each run), but there was not one ounce of hard core training for the May 2nd race. I was thinking I would maybe get around 29-30 minutes on that run two weeks ago and instead I got 25:53!!! CRAZY!!!!

Now the only thing that I can attribute to this too, and am certain of it, is that I started doing a workout program called P90X on January 29th. The great thing is that I was able to continue w/ my P90X workouts during those two weeks w/ minor edits to the program when alot of weight was involved w/ the left foot. If you're not familiar w/ P90X, it is Tony Horton's 90 day home fitness challenge, that involves 12 intense DVD's that are designed to workout each and every part of your body. It does not require a lot of fitness equipment, just dumbells, exercise bands and a chin-up bar.  I had always heard that the program produces amazing results if you stick to it.  I am only 37 days into it and look at the incredible results it has produced w/ my running.....truly amazing!!  When I broke my record two weeks ago, I was only 23 days into the P90X program.  This is no joke folks.....P90X works!! I have some great "before" and "now" pics too, which amaze me as well.  I'll write more later on this program and provide some links as well.  If you have questions in the mean time, email me at sjogren@gmail.com

P90X ROCKS THE CORE!! :)

NOTE: P90X did not cause this injury.
I'm way too embarrassed to tell y'all what
really happened. :) No, not a drunk stupor
either...it happened in the house. :)