P90X Day 42 (Day 56): Cardio Day

I missed the Kenpo X workout yesterday due to my Koi pond having some serious issues. In order to make up for the missed cardio workout, I decided to go on my first run. Since we had now begun to do a little swim training in preparation for the Triathlon, it seemed only fitting that I figure out if I can run for some distance.

I had been toying with the idea of running to Chris's house from mine (7.1 miles) before a P90X workout and bike to work. Before I jumped right into that I wanted to see if I could do a distance run without time pressure. So today I ran to the Torrance LA Fitness (5.5 miles), then swam for an hour, then ran back home.

6.45a -> 5.5 mile run, 61 min.
8.00a -> 1 mile swim, 52 min.
9.15a -> 5.5 mile run, 66 min.

I learned a very important lesson in doing this workout. I'm never going to run in board shorts again. I'm not sure how people do that. The chafing was quite painful and resulted in some serious cuts. That was on the run there. On the run back I was smart enough to tuck my wife beater into the trunks which limited the rubbing to the knee area. The weight of wet trunks though was no fun either. The whole experience was not so great, but oh man what a workout.