health and fitness

I recently had a bit of bad news concerning my health. Very tiny, nothing to worry about if you are forty-two like me. Taking into account that my doctor is not the greatest at social skills (he stares at his keyboard and answers with monosyllabic grunts), I decided not to worry for the time being and to request a second opinion (which I will have next Tuesday).

After seeing my GP, I felt like walking part of the way to work just to boil off my frustration at him. 3.6 miles.

That evening after work I got out of the tube to check the WWDC keynote live on my mobile, and walked the rest of the way home. 3.6 miles.

On Wednesday I walked part of the way home from work because of the tube strike. 4.2 miles.

And today I walked to and from work (at a different location in Central London). 3.5 miles each way.

Which means that during the last four days I walked 18.4 miles. That's 29.6 kilometres.

I had already walked to work a few times the (10k) but it is a long distance and very time consuming (1 hour 40 minutes). Doing it half-way is much more manageable and I intend to do it more often. Just as well, as my tolerance for unwashed tube passengers is greatly reduced during the summer months.

I would like to be fit and active for as long as I can, and walking sounds like the kind of activity I could do well into my old age. Oh, and if incidentally my next blood test results come back OK, it would be an added bonus.