Trip Like I Do

Can I get a woot woot?

I finished my Olympic Challenge tonight!! Heck Yea!!! What was the Olympic Challenge? My goal was to bike/walk 150 miles and do 150 push-ups during the Olympics. I finished the push-ups a couple of days ago and well, I wasn’t going to, but I was so close, I just had to finish the 150 miles today at the gym. Ooof. I was on that bike for an hour and a half today! It was nuts!

Yea, it might not have seemed like a very lofty challenge to some people, but I am pretty out of shape and well, I wanted to pick a goal that was kind of out there, but still achievable in two and a half weeks.

I knew I could do it and for my reward, I got this.

I really don’t need it since my old laptop is still running fine. But, I have pretty much run out of hard drive space and I am not always in places where I can use one of my external drives. Plus, this puppy has a 17inch, widescreen monitor and 4GB of Ram! Yea! I am sure that there are some peeps out there who are cringing that I got a PC laptop, but as great as Macs seem to be, I can’t afford a Mac. I mean, really, could I have gotten a comparable Mac for less than$700? I don’t think so.

It’s an interesting laptop. It is “bigger” than my old one, but seems to weigh less and it has one of those separate keypads on the side, which I think will come in handy. It also has a built in webcam. Eek! I might actually sign up for Skype now. LOL.

Of course, my big test for this will be World of Warcraft. I haven’t played in a year, but there is a new expansion coming out in a couple of months and if I ever have the time, it should be pretty smooth on this machine. At least I am hoping it is.

Now that I’ve successfully completed this challenge, I kind of want to start a new one, but I haven’t figured one out yet. I haven’t finalized it yet, but I think I will start something this coming week and have it end on Election day. I am trying to figure something out that will incorporate strength training as well as yoga since an almost pure cardio challenge is just going to be too boring. I need some variety dagnamit!

I used to try to set weight goals for myself, but have failed miserably with that since I don’t like to weigh myself. A fitness challenge seems a heck of a lot more interesting to me actually. I think I have lost a little weight since my clothes seem a little looser. Yay!

Anyways, I am pooped. I think I shall watch part of a movie on my new laptop and then go to sleep.