I had a brilliant day on Saturday - my brother visited and we went into London as usual. According to my smartphone pedometer we walked 12 miles (admittedly a daft thing to do given how little I'd done for a week and a half before that) without any pain apart from a cramp-like pain in one foot right at the end of the day which may have been the result of walking carefully to avoid pain all day; either way, it wore off quite quickly. We spent most of the day on the other side of the Thames from usual, in Lambeth/Elephant & Castle to visit the Imperial War Museum. I will admit we made a slight mistake at the museum when we decided shortly after arrival to nip back out for an early lunch as we were both hungry - the only place open was a KFC knock off so I ate a very large lunch of gluten-fried chicken (very tasty mind you, and excellent value for money) before we went back to the museum. There we decided to start at the top and work down. At the top was a Holocaust exhibition. We went in, but didn't last through the whole exhibition. It was a combination of the emotional effect of the subject matter and displays, combined with a bit of physical effect due to it being very warm in there and the massive lunch we'd both eaten. We made it through about three quarters of the exhibition and both simultaneously decided we couldn't take any more - definitely not a criticism of the exhibition, it was very comprehensive and we'll done, and I've never seen so many people so quiet in a museum before.
In an attempt to cheer up we went down to the Thames Path and walked along to the Globe Theatre, then crossed the river and walked back on the other bank. As we did so we passed 2 food Christmas markets, which made us both regret the chicken as some of it looked and smelled much more interesting, and walked through a more varied market with crafts and jewellery as well as food at the South Bank Centre. This did cheer us up, and by the time we reached the train station to go home we were feeling quite a lot better. Then we had to travel as far as Twickenham on an overcrowded train full of rugby fans - that was nice :-( It got a lot better once they went, but the journey still seemed a lot longer than it did in the morning.
I was bloated all evening from the lunch and never got around to eating again that evening.
Yesterday was quieter; I did some work in the morning and walked into town later. We also watched the Wolverine movie in the afternoon. Didn't walk anywhere near the distance of Saturday, still no pain - so this morning I trained!!!
I put the changes in regarding my form on the climber and blimey did it make a difference in terms of how hard it felt. I was dripping with sweat and my legs felt rubbery when I finished, all of which was great, and so far no pain. Hopefully it will last and I'll be able to improve my fitness.
After work I walked a mile or so - still feeling good!!!
Food today :
Breakfast: eggs scrambled with bacon and mushrooms
Lunch: ham salad followed by a yogurt
Dinner: beef salad
Snacks: Pork scratchings, galaxy whoops
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