N/A Days Left
Weight: 196
Training Time: 19:55
Total Pledge Value: $617.47

So I haven't posted in a few days, sorry about that sports fans. I can assure you though that my weekend was filled with cross-training. Be it dog walking, general misbehaviour or another trip up the Grouse Grind. This trip up the Grind was done with a backpack and a friend in tow, but we still set a solid 60 minute pace. This seems extremely respectable until you realize that women between 60 and 69 beat that time. And men in their 70s do as well. Still, we definitely passed far more people than we were passed by, I'd say it was 10:1.

Today was another squash match with The Enemy. I won the first game, lost a heartbreaker in the second and won in extra points in the third game. Then the wheels fell off and the Enemy retained her title by just mopping the court with me in the last two games. But for those of you that are thinking I'm a total loser, read on.

As I've promised some of you, this post is more important than its predecessors. I have a big announcement, monumental even. The Enemy has conceded defeat. She has elected to pay her way out of her bet rather than continue with the training. She asked me to make it clear that she is afraid of losing and does not want to continue to train (I'm sure it sounded better in her head). For any of you who think this is anything but a win, think again. I got the better of the Enemy a full 64 days before the race even began. I should be a boxer or something. The only problem is that I'd have to challenge 110 pound girls, and there's something unseemly about threatening physical violence on small women that I can't quite place.

Now the Enemy should have known better than to make a deal with a law student and not be held to it. However, I am a reasonable man. Taking into account how much time remains in our race and the fact that I have not earned any part of our $200 wager, I made a proposal. The Enemy will pay for herself and I to enter in the Summerfast 10k, a race around Stanley Park on July 22. The balance of the funds will be donated to a charity of our choosing, that has yet to be chosen (probably not the Human Fund).

I bet you're also wondering what the story is with ALL THOSE PLEDGES. I've no intention of claiming them, so good news for all of you who pledged money or things that cost money. I will compile a list of all my pledgers at some point before race on the 22nd and post it for all to see. For now I'd just like to say thank you to everybody who pledged and everybody who followed along for the last two months. I'm not quite done yet. Stay tuned until after I run the 10k on July 22.

Finally, I'd just like to reflect on what I have gained from this experience. Sure, I'm not going to make wads and wads of cash and prizes. Sure I'll never run around Stanley Park in short shorts (well...never say never, I'm open to being convinced). But, I did manage get in better shape, and to do so the right way.

In the immortal words of Vince Vaughn: "Who's the big winner? Mikey's the big winner!"