The other day, as I was being thrashed by a heavy lap swimmer, I once again pondered the difference between a swimmers body and a runners body. I have seen quite a few husky guys, carrying quite a bit of extra weight, who are also very good swimmers. On the other hand, you won't see runners who are carrying extra weight (unless they have just begun running). I think that there maybe a chicken-egg thing here (heavier guys tend not to go in for distance running) but I think that there are other considerations. One of them is that swimming tends to arouse appetite while running tends to suppress appetite.
Having said all that, I just can't yearn for a runners body, even though I would love to drop 5 kgs. I just do not want a body with no arms or shoulders. Also, maybe it's me, but this guy looks like an anorexic model:
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According to calorie usage tables it isn't so. I'm masters swimmer and I daily do about 3200-4000 yards in the pool. When I don't swim because of some reasons I do running as well though I'm far from being competitive runner. In general I run about 9.5 miles in 45 minutes without any gasping with average heart rate 120.
That's a 10K in under 30 minutes. That would have put you in the top 20 in the NCAAs last year. Impressive!
According to calorie usage tables it isn't so. I'm masters swimmer and I daily do about 3200-4000 yards in the pool. When I don't swim because of some reasons I do running as well though I'm far from being competitive runner. In general I run about 9.5 miles in 45 minutes without any gasping with average heart rate 120.
That's a 10K in under 30 minutes. That would have put you in the top 20 in the NCAAs last year. Impressive!
