Swingfest Swingdown 2008 - Week 4 Update

Welcome to the fourth of thirty weekly updates that will be coming every Sunday until the completion of the Swingfest Swingdown 2008.  The Swingfest Swingdown is a motivational contest and tool that Mrs. Gentlenibbles and I, along with some of our readers, are participating in to help us get in the best shape of our adult lives for Swingfeston July 31, 2008!  View the current results of the Swingdown here!

Update-Swingfest discount now available through Swingercast 

The fourth week of the Swingdown will not make the highlight reels for sure.  Though both Mrs. Gentlenibbles and I did great on our workouts and also ate healthy for the entire week, both of us posted zeros in the weight loss column for the week.  Fortunately, last week we had several comments on the Swingdown post to keep us motivated after this disappointing week.

Mr. Gentlenibbles 

Weight loss for the week- 0.0 lbs
Total weight loss - 9 lbs
Best mile time - 9:08 min

Exercise
Monday - Ran 3.2 miles, walked 1/2 mile, ran 1 mile, walked 1/4 mile
Tuesday - Lifted weights
Wednesday - Ran 3 miles, walked 1/4 mile
Saturday - Ran 4-1/4 miles alternating walking 5-1/4 miles

This week I temporarily abandoned my fast run then alternating walking shorter distances to do a couple of longer runs this week.  Though they were only 3.2 and 3.0 miles respectively, they represent the longest continuous distance I have done since focusing on a faster pace.  The reason I did this was just to keep my body guessing a little bit and prevent a total loss of my endurance capabilities.   It felt good to put a few more miles underneath me and I may try this strategy every four weeks or so.

Even though I did not post a weight loss this week, I still feel like I am doing well.  I had lost almost ten pounds in three weeks, and was overdue to slow down a little bit.  I feel confident that next week should be back in the negative numbers.

Mrs. Gentlenibbles

Weight loss for the week - 0 lb
Total weight loss - 5 lbs
Longest run - 3.75 miles

Exercise
Monday - Elliptical Trainer for 1 hour/3.75 miles 
Tuesday - Walked 1.75 miles/ran 1.5 miles/40 min
Wednesday - 8.5 miles on stationary bike
Friday - Walked 0.75 miles/ ran 3.25 miles/ 60 min

We’ve found another 5K to run, so that helps give me short term motivation.  I ran a practice 5K Friday just to make sure I could still do it!!  My goal is to run at least one a week to get ready for the run on February 24th!!

We wanted to say thanks!  Last week we received several positive comments on the Swingdown posts encouraging us in our efforts.  We even received a comment from the Marketing director for Swingfest, which we thought was pretty cool.  We don’t know if he will see it, but we responded to the comment about our idea for the “We Run To F*ck 5K” 

Would any of you sign up for a 5K at Swingfest, if you had the opportunity?

~Mr. and Mrs. Gentlenibbles