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I’ve got the olympic fever!

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

While I didn’t watch as much of the olympics as I would have liked (Britain’s coverage really didn’t give me very much access to my canadian countrymen…), I have caught olympic fever. Yes, myself and Margaret, Irish girl from work, are competing in an 5-day olympic challenge in the first week of October. That means 5 weeks to train for events!

I’m sure you’re dying to know what the events are, so I couldn’t *not* tell you, could I? It’s 5 days… sooo…

1. Rowing 1km (her with a 12 second handicap as she has competed in rowing before)

2 & 3. Weights (spread over two days)– there’s 8 machines using all of the main muscle groups, and we get three attempts to lift as much as we can for 5 reps.

4. Running 5km

5. Swimming (10 laps for her, 12 laps for me as I’m a better swimmer)

Should be good! We’re also monitoring our bmi and our inch-loss, which will factor in to our ending score. We’re still not sure what the prize should be. Possibly a night out on the lash, possibly having to do something embarrassing. I will also be planning a chinese-style opening ceremonies.

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