So today's count is 200 push-ups...  I can honestly tell you that at this point it is a grind.  I'm doing 8 reps of 25 to get there and have two more reps to do as soon as I finish this posting.  Jeremy, one of the big, young bucks at Koguma Dojo told me last night in class that he is banging out the whole count in approximately 30 minutes each morning!  But then (I'm guessing) Jeremy is in his late 20's, early 30's, and I'm just shy of 60, so reps of 25 works for me.   My knuckles are building up four serious callouses on my pointer and index fingers, but the tenderness is pretty well behind me (unless its the day after we were punching the heavy bag in karate class; then it's another story)!  Friday, October 12th - 9 days from today - we'll hit our target of 250 and that will truly be a celebration day!  August 25th was when we started this Challenge and that seems like a long time ago at this juncture...