New Pool

So Equinox finally finished the pool on the roof. And I had a chance to check it out. Pretty sweet. It's supposedly salt water, but I couldn't tell the difference. Here's what I did while I was there:

30 min. of swimming
15 min. run :: 1.9 miles
KB Swings :: several sets at 40 lb.
Dumbell Flat Bench :: 10 x 50 lb., 7 x 60 lb.
Dual Pulley Lat Pulldown :: 8 x 60 lb., 6 x 70 lb.
Bicep Curls :: 6 x 35 lb., 8 x 30 lb.
Tricep Pull Downs :: 20 x 50 lbs., 7 x 65 lbs.

P90X Day 56 (Day 70): Redondo Beach Triathlon

The day has come and gone. I was a little nervous at the start. Chris was not feeling too sick, but wasn't going to test it by competing today. He was there to support me along with Giannina and Una. He also compiled a pretty sweet little highlight reel of my day which you can see below. I'm pretty happy with my time, but even more so with the feeling I got when I finished. It was much more exhilarating than I ever thought it would be.

My swim was horribly slow, but that is to be expected when you're breast stroking your way through a .5 mile swim. Swimming is definitely not my strength. You can check out the results here.



Oh yeah, this was supposed to be a P90X rest day. And the workouts resume tomorrow with phase 3 starting.

P90X Day 43 (Day 57): Ocean Swim

Today is Memorial Day so no biking in to work. Chris and I don't have a day off P90X of course. It was the usual Monday Phase 2 Workout - Chest, Shoulders & Tris. We decided to follow that up with an Ocean swim to get a bit more prepared for the Redondo Tri.

We ended up swimming in the afternoon after some volleyball. Swimming in the ocean in the afternoon is not so smart. The water was pretty choppy and the waves were no fun to deal with. All in all though it was not so bad. We swam for what we estimated later to be about .7 miles. That took me about 40 minutes. Just the fact that I could swim for that long in the ocean gave me all the confidence I needed for the Triathlon which was quickly approaching. It was now less than 2 weeks away and I felt pretty ready.

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.