Just returned from my walk, my fastest time for 5km by a large margin, at 47 min the first time I manage the distance under 50 minutes. Within that I managed a 8,52 min one kilometer split, the first time I manage to go under 9 minutes.
This follows on from yesterday's session that at 12 km and 1 hour 20 minutes was my longest ever.
I seem to be on a natural high at the moment, since my tests on Friday showed that I do not have something seriously wrong with me. It is only now that the weight has been lifted that I realize how much those tests and the fear of what they might reveal were playing on my mind.
Please forgive and indulge me in this post. Despite first appearances its purpose is not to brag or show off. Rather it is to share with you my relief and elation.
It's hard to explain but my walks have taken a new meaning for me, they are at the same time a celebration and an act of defiance. No diabetes and no Helicobacterium Pylori can take credit for them. Every step is my own and I take pleasure in that because it was not easy, it took effort and discipline to stick with my exercise regime. Not something I have been particularly good at in the past. So please excuse me the self indulgent nature of this post.
Almost forgot today's walk resulted in morning levels going from 4,7 fasting to to 3,8 mmol before breakfast.