Lots of sitting on coaches, dawdling around ruins, posing for snaps to be uploaded to Facebook .... but also standing/walking all day around Jerusalem, exploring "water features", usually approached by enough steps for at least 5 mins on a stairclimber, climbing up 400m to Masada fortress, trekking around the source of the Jordan - let's call it cross-training.
Anyway, back in Blighty, I was very pleased to find that all those Middle East delicacies hadn't changed the scales at all. And my first run for 2 weeks wasn't too gruesome, although I was glad I'd already booked an appointment with Mark Booth at Body Limits for some orthotics - my feet hurt :( Only 1 week to wait and then I'll be springing around the lanes of Milton Keynes like a gazelle - or not ...
Thank you so much to those who have already sponsored me - it's a real incentive and encouragement to get out on rainy/sunny/windy/cold days and put those miles in. For those who haven't flexed the plastic yet, may I commend the charity to you and ask you to sponsor me now, rather than in 5 months time when I should be tapering.
PS I've posting my Israel pics and diary on Facebook. Here are the public links. Enjoy!
Day 1 Jerusalem Part1
Day 2 Around the Dead Sea
Day 3 Jerusalem Part2
Day 4 Mostly Bethlehem
Day 5 North up the Jordan
Day 6 Around Lake Galilee
Day 7 Galilee & Nazareth
Day 8 Northern borders
