In week four Jeff Hanson:
- repeats his double win from last week
- pockets the prize cash he left riding on the table
- smashes the pedometer record
- earns a new nickname (of respect) at the Sanford Wellness Center
The details are brought to you by this week’s sponsor, Doritos.
In the weight loss contest Hanson dropped another 4.5 pounds (2.34%). The closest followers were Courtney Lotzer at 2.05% and Sara Rindels at 2.01%. Mark Henderson (1.75%), Nikki Gronli (1.53%) and Laura Mitchell (1.51%) posted strong performances as well. This week’s grand total of 22.5 pounds lost matched last week’s total.
As we near the halfway mark of the contest half of the contestants are still in the “Judge’s Club” by avoiding posting weight gains in any week. They are: Julie Flannery Allen, Korena Keyes, Molly Daniel, Gronli, Billie Jo Waara, Derek Soukup, Kevin Phipps, Sheila Rogers, Hanson, Jeremy Peters, Scott Lawrence and The Judge. Only Hanson and The Judge have maintained Judge’s Club “Emeritus” status by weighing in and recording a loss every week.
Hanson earned this week’s pedometer championship by melting the indoor track at the Sanford Wellness Center where a group of teenage boys were overheard saying, “Is that freaking Forrest Gump?!” as they observed The Floating Brain’s workout regimen. Hanson posted a gaudy 141,920 steps for the week.
Several contestants attempted serious charges toward dethroning Hanson. Michelle Adrian(102,313) became the only other to surpass 100,000 steps in a week. Melody Morton nipped at her heels with 99,262. Other members of the 10,000 steps-per-day club were: Jeremy Peters (83,135), Sarah Rindels (79,019), Kristy Anderson (76,544), The Judge (75,629), Krista Noren (71,642) and John Pohlman (74,597).
Total steps this week were 985,433 compared to 902,972 last week.
The Doritos Crystal Ball predicts a new pedometer champion will be crowned next week as Floating Brain/Gump goes under the knife on Friday. Reset your pedometers and let the week five contest begin.
-The Judge
