My coach Pete Alfino told me the only way to get faster at swimming is to swim. Well apparently he was right. For the first time in my life I've been swimming consistently. I looked back at my triathlon logs & pulled up my 1000 yard swim TT PR's. I've done more swimming TT's, but I'm only going to write the ones where I set PR's.
July 27, 2007
a 1000 yard time of 22:23
averaged 2:14 per 100 yards.
Dec 26th 2007
time 19:43
ave 1:58.
Today April 4th 2008
16:53
1:41 ave.
That's an increase of 33 seconds per 100 yards! If you look at one of my favorite races of all time, The Buffman & Squeaky, my PR is a 2:52, & I PR'd the swim at 36 minutes. If I keep this progression on my swimming going I think a sub 30 minute swim is more than possible. That's 6 minutes faster on the swim alone. Now take into consideration how much lighter I am, I believe a 2:40 may be possible. I'd have to have a great race, but I usually bring my best on that day. I'll keep you informed.
I've been agrivated this month because since March 3rd (one month and 1 day) Ive only lost 4 lbs. I was averaging 4.5 lbs of weight loss every week for almost 3 months. But recently my losses has slowed to a snail's pace. I decided rather than become frustrated I'd take my measurements & see if I've really stopped making gains or if I'm losing fat & gaining muscle. My last measurement was on March 5th 2008. 1 month & 2 days ago. Since then I've lost 4 lbs.
Chest 41.5 41.25 loss of .25
arm 15.5 15.75 gain of .25
stomach 39 38 loss of 1 inch
butt 43.5 43 loss of .5 inches
quads 26.25 25.5 loss of .75 inches
Total loss of 2.25 inches. Not bad, slowly but surely. Just don't ever call me Shirley.
1 comment:
FIRST of all-you are such a natural swimmer! I am jealous..great job...
I am sure you know the deal about weight loss slowing down the skinnier you get. Looks like the inches are showing you instead of the scale right now..Good work Cody!
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