So close to average

Another 2 weeks, another weigh in. I managed to maintain my 192, but drop .6% body fat. This makes sense, as I started lifting for this 2-week circuit. 19.5% body fat puts me .5% from Average. An average male my age has 15-19%. It's funny that I'm excited about being close to average, but when I started at Obese, and then have been Overweight for a year or so, it will be very nice to get down to Average. Hopefully this circuit, ending 9/15, will see me under 19%. I run another race on the 16th, maybe I'll just measure after that. As much ass as I kick in these races, that should be good for another .1% or so :)

Race Report

I completed my first 5k on Saturday. My best training run was just over 28 minutes, and I managed to do the 5k in 25:53! That is over a 2 minute shave, thanks mostly to the race day rush and having other people running around me. I talked to a couple people there, and they said anything under 30 minutes is awesome for a first race. Out of 60ish people, I finished around 14th or 15th place. I think I'm running another in two weeks.

Another contender in the contest!

I have a contest going with my cousin that reads something like this "First one to a six-pack abs buys the other one dinner". It's a good motivating factor, and we chose the six-pack because it's generally the last thing you get on the road to being fit. I've never seen a guy with six-pack abs and man-tits, ya know?

So I met up with my best friend Ryan last weekend, and he's now in on the bet. There's one problem though, I have a big headstart on my cousin, but Ryan has a headstart on me! I need to kick it into high gear if I'm going to beat Ryan.

The second half of the bet is when both of us are in shape, we're going to do a week-long backpacking trip somewhere. It would be awesome if all three of us could get in shape by late next summer and do a trip together. We'll see. I sure as hell plan to be ready.

New picture!

Got a new "After" picture up. Cathy snapped it in my kitchen. It's kinda grainy due to lighting, but whatever, you get the idea.