Walking on Sunshine

HK has a summer "on" switch. It happened on friday and since then our miserable existences have been transformed into an orgy of fabulous weather. I'm sitting here with all the doors open out on the garden - its just an awesome day. Its also as far as PCP goes going to be the thing that supercharges all the exercises and thing I've been counting on. Those guys finishing the PCP shortly will have missed it, those about to start will learn to hate it, but we've had time to acclimatise in the cool and now we can get the full benefit of the heat and humidity. The exercised are already a lot harder than last month, but when the heat kicks in the benefit will be a truck load more! Keeping hydrated's going to be a lot harder from now on....

In keeping with my promise to replace the rope with other stuff, I hiked up Castle Peak yesterday. It took only about an hour and ten minutes to get up there which was a lot quicker than i expected (with stronger legs and reduced gut), but i reckon I could get the time down to around 55mins, so am going to give it another whirl today. Just trying to get psyched us for it as its a bit daunting. Its like being on an exceptionally mean stairmaster for an hour - and once you start you can't just hop off it...brilliant exercise in this weather though.

Weighed in at 125 yesterday. I was complaining I hadn't met my target of losing 10kg in the first month, but a late spurt and I made it two days after. I'm now in sight of the second milestone - get down to the same weight as I was when i got married, 120 and the next is the same weight I was when I met the missus - 110. My final target is 100 which is unlikely to happen during the PCP time, but I'll keep going till I get there. And then figure out a lifestyle to keep me there...with a social life!