Last night I had a intramural flag football game. I only knew one of the guys on the team I’m on and I haven’t played football in years. I played center and got open for a few passes. Unfortunately, only one pass came within reach and I dropped it. The worst part of the evening was that no one else caught any passes either. We got shut out. We had some good excuses though. It was 6 on 7 and we all didn’t know each other. Oh, and our quarterback wasn’t very accurate under pressure.

Now I’m sore all over, I jammed my finger on my dropped pass and I got knocked in the head my the other team. I think my cheek bone is bruised. On a happy note I weighed myself and made some early measurements. Hopefully me doing this early will remind more people to do it themselves before the end of the week.

I lost another 1.5 lbs so far, 1/2″ in the waist, 1/2″ in the chest, 1/2″ in the thigh, and 1/2″ in the bicep. Also, as of last night I have 8 miles. I plan on getting at least 3-4 more.

I hope everyone else is having success too.

Tuesday evening I went for the same 2-mile loop that I had done twice the previous week. I slowed my pace and finished without walking in under 17min. The best part is that my knee didn’t hurt to badly. Had I not eaten an extra bean burrito before I left I probably would have done better.

Monday, for the holiday, we got together with some cousins and played softball. I was sore all over the next day. I can still feel it now. I used some muscles I haven’t used in quite some time.

Here’s the results that I have received. Make sure and send me your results!

The first week was a rough one for most and several people joined late. There looks to be more action for week two so get jogging. If you actually did run this week and this chart doesn’t show, make sure to email me your results. Do that by the end of each Sunday so I can post the group’s results on Monday.

This is a little embarassing and ugly but that’s the point. Here’s what I looked like at the start of the challenge. I will post the before and after at the end. If you want to do the challenge with me, take a picture now and at the end and I will select the most visually improved participant.

A few people joined the challenge this week and several of those that were supposed to start this week didn’t. So, it’s not too late to join. Just email me and I will let you know what’s next.