Friendly fat loss competition, last week's goals

Saturday morning will begin with the final fat-loss weigh in on my significant other's body fat scale which will determine who has won our latest friendly competition. Contest was one month long. He stared with 29% body fat and I started with  39%.

What's at stake you ask? If I win, and I will win, I get a new giant wok. If he wins, and he won't, he gets a $40 gift certificate to Home Depot. During my lazy week this month I gained four pounds, but it actually must have been some water weight because I lost it right away plus another half pound. I know he's been hiking with the dog and eating tofu and toast. So it's really anybody's game. Except I'm going to win.

So, this past weekend, did I execute my plans? WELL. I did manage to run four miles after work on Friday. I wasn't planning to try the four mile run until Saturday because I'm usually pretty wiped out after getting little sleep after Thursday's night class. For whatever reason I was feeling I had some energy that afternoon and I usually have workout clothes along just in case that happens. So I was able to take advantage of the situation and I ran right past all of the people leaving my office building, headed to happy hours, and was able to bang out that four miles right after work. I totally surprised myself. It's the farthest I have ever run and I started on a GIANT HILL and almost died before I was able to turn it around and get to a flat area. It was so freaking hard. Then I got to a point where I just felt like, "hey I warmed up now". That was at about 3 1/2 miles. So weird that most of the toughest running is in the beginning when you are learning to get past those first several miles so you can really enjoy your run. I imagine that sooner or later, when I become a better runner, that those first several miles will get easier, but that they will always remain especially challenging. Let me look at my pace here... ok it was 11:21. That makes me pretty happy. That's way faster than walking.

Running has a huge psychological component to it that I think is a fun way to develop plain old confidence.
Anyway, so I was pretty amped about  how well Friday turned out. Then on Saturday I was lying around vegetating with my S.O. and his old grad school roommate when I realized that I left the power cord to my laptop back at my apartment. I had to drive home and get it so I could finish my java homework. On the drive home I am thinking about some errands I need to run in the Southside which is about 5 and a half beautiful paved bike path  miles with a bit of city riding from my place. When I got to my apartment, I grabbed my new to me road bike and rode down that beautiful path and ran my errands and got in  twelve miles.  It was a lot of fun. My legs were pretty sore after that. Twelve miles isn't that far on a road bike. Still, though, sore legs. By Monday they were fine.

Happy about the weekend, even though I didn't get the swim in.