Intense workout last night = less pain today

In a previous life I would have failed to go to the gym until I "felt" well enough to do so. Now with a looming deadline, I don't have the luxury of being able to slack off and do little or nothing towards my goal.

As strange as it may seem, I can walk normally again today. Last night I went to the gym still sore from the 20km walk I did on Monday, convinced that I was going to be bed-ridden this morning. But instead of going easy I pushed the training to a new level, and it didn't hurt then - and even better, it doesn't hurt now.

I shall walk in a minute - it's lunch time. We have a nice big hill behind the office, which leads up to the monument which I will do just to ease the last remaining kinks out of my hip joints.  But when i get back i shall put together today's Daily Dose of Motivational Medicine - I need to talk to you about talking to yourself, and why it's a good thing to do.

(MMM1)