Body of Evidence

The weekend constituted a great cocktail party, a fantastic performance by Floyd Mayweather and two long runs. All combined results in my body not being in optimum condition right now, but it was all worth it, and part of an excellent weekend.

The cocktail party was great fun....just a random idea of mine. A combination of champagne jellies with vodka soaked strawberries, some random cocktails involving Jagermeister and Corona, along with some jazzed up spicy meatballs went a long way to my rough disposition this morning. It proved to be a good learning experience however and I picked up on a number of useful points. Firstly, never allow non-alcohol drinkers to make cocktails. Secondly, healthy cheesecakes do actually exist and taste pretty darn good. Thirdly, it sometimes takes several cocktails to prove it, but Norwegians can dance. Fourthly, dressing up in slick suits and foxy dresses is not so painful after all. Finally, it is always a pleasure spending quality time with good friends and last night was one of them.

My plans of waking up and watching the boxing live were hopeful to say the very least. I watched it first thing this morning and enjoyed every minute of the fight even if there was a sad tinge inside me at not being there. Floyd Mayweather produced another superb display and outclassed and outboxed Shane Mosley. I actually dreamt that Sugar Shane knocked Floyd out in the fourth round, and in reality he came close in the second. It was one of the first times I have seen Floyd seriously stunned. He recovered extremely well, and closed it out, giving Mosley next to no chance of connecting with him. Absolutely masterful, and no doubt in my mind we are watching one of the all-time greats. It will be a travesty if we do not see him and Manny get it on.....but I am not too hopeful still.

The running is now becoming fun. Even after a night of drinking cocktails, I ran in the rain and thoroughly enjoyed it. It makes a huge difference that I have a star running partner, who pushes me to go further and gives me great support. Without that, I would not be running as far as I am now. I stepped on the scales this evening and weighed in at 93.5kg. The weight loss challenge has been going for five weeks now and I have lost 5.5kg.....I have until the end of this month to lose another 4.5kg, and I’m feeling a bit more confident now. I am guessing the second half of the challenge is going to be much tougher than the first, but positive side of it is that there’s still plenty more weight to shed! The running fun continues, and will have to continue this month, despite being on the road for two whole weeks and racking up the air miles. It is going to be a challenge, but we all love a good challenge don’t we?