B5 Challenge Update
You will find below the results of the March 1 (or thereabouts) weigh-in for the Big Bulky Biker Bodyfat Biathlon. To refresh you on the rules: Each competitor submitted his or her initial weight, the elapsed time score for a three mile Time Trial, and a total weight loss goal. Contestants have 4 months total, starting on Jan 1, 2006, to meet their weight loss goal, or at least to do better than other contestants. Progress is measured against the weight loss goal – if the goal was to lose 20 pounds, then a loss of 10 pounds equals a 50 score. The Time Trial won’t be run again until the end of the test; a nice 5 or 10% improvement will add a nice 5 or 10 points on to the raw weight loss score.
The chart below is self explanatory. Suffice to say, the Fat Cyclist’s brother-in-law Rocky, with whom I have a side bet for roughly $100 in cycling gear, has thrown down the Pearl Izumi Gauntlet Gloves. He’s passed me, and I have to get after the weight loss. So far, Ultra Rob, an ultra marathon cyclist who is 20 pounds too heavy (he thinks) is leading the pack.
Read ‘em and weep.
|
Name |
Start Weight |
Will Lose |
Current Weight |
% Achieved |
|
Dan Sauer |
209 |
22 |
209 |
0.0% |
|
Cathy Boland |
158 |
13 |
156 |
15.4% |
|
Billy Covington |
225 |
35 |
219.5 |
15.7% |
|
John Gorham |
275 |
50 |
266 |
18.0% |
|
Mike Matthews |
205 |
20 |
201 |
20.0% |
|
Dean Patterson |
228 |
45 |
216 |
26.7% |
|
George Crawford |
246 |
26 |
239 |
26.9% |
|
Al Maviva |
287 |
45 |
274 |
28.9% |
|
Fatty |
174 |
24 |
167 |
29.2% |
|
Botched Experiment |
170 |
15 |
165.5 |
30.0% |
|
Rocky |
187 |
20 |
180 |
35.0% |
|
Bob Webber |
235 |
50 |
217 |
36.0% |
|
Tony Owens |
245 |
45 |
227 |
40.0% |
|
Big Mike |
269 |
39.6 |
251 |
45.5% |
|
Rob Lucas |
194 |
20 |
183 |
55.0% |
- Entries
Botched - Don't bother, I tried. The theory that exercise makes any difference is fundamentally flawed in that it assumes a modicum level of self control. A minimum level reserved for the likes of Lance Armstrong (and sterile actors like Tom Cruise before his breakdown and subsequence couch jumping incident).
If anyone lives close to UltraRob, please spike his food for me. But be selective with the ingredients, I don't want him getting dysentery and becoming uncatchable.
Go read the man's blog. He really is a cycling machine. "Rode an easy hundred today before lunch. Caught on with a group ride later with a bunch of Cat 2 roadracers I'm friends with. I could barely hang on with those guys. I'm getting slow in my old age."
Ultra Rob - you can't stop him; you can only hope to contain him...