The week’s been, overall a good one. Aside from finishing the C25K, I’ve reached my second 10%-of-bodyweight-lost mark. Depending on how you figure my “ideal weight,” I’m now very nearly halfway or somewhat over halfway towards my weight goal. My BMI is creeping down along the 28.something mark as well ; in another 3lbs, I should be into the 27s.
A couple of other exciting updates:
I’m re-attempting the 100 Pushups challenge. A solid 7 good-form push-ups this morning put me into category 2 of the training program (… if this makes no sense to you, check out the program’s admirable simple website.) I’ve added the challenge to Joe’s Goals page — truly one of the niftiest motivational tools out there — for a Su/Tu/Th commitment. Before this turns into a GTD blog, or a cheap Lifehacker take-off, however, here’s the other bit of training news ….
My Nike+ arrived in the mail last night, just a day after its adorable little “pouch” came in. The idea behind the pouch is simple: I run in a non-Nike brand — Asics, to be precise — and needed a way to attach the Nike+ chip to my shoes. The more crafty amongst us can sew their own or otherwise mod their shoes, of course … but I’m lazy and clumsy — so there! 
Nike has outdone itself with this venture that combines the joys of utter geekery (“… tooooys! …”) with an incentive towards athleticism. I’m pretty hooked already, even though the first two “runs” that were reported to Nike’s site involved me hobbling around the kitchen (a) and dashing down the stairs to retrieve one of the last boxes to survive the move from the back of my vehicle (b). We’ll have to do something about that sooner rather than later — hey, perhaps tonight! 
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