Congratulations! I have jogged for years. Last August, I tripped and pulled a ham string. I have recovered, but despite regular work, I'm still not back to where I was when I tripped.

Thank you, Tony!
My rehabillitation is necessitated by the fact that I was in an induced coma (Covid) for a couple of months last year and in that time my muscles, especially my leg muscles, became totally wasted. My recovery has been painfully slow but with the help of my physiotherapist, my sister's family and my girlfriend, I have been able to improve physically on all fronts. When I manage something like these steps without stopping for a rest, it puts me in mind of my first mountain walk after I quit smoking. The improvement was dramatic and immediate!
I hope you persevere with your fitness programme - it does take time but the rewards are worth it! I hope it goes well! I was saying; 'No pain, no gain' to myself as a kind of mantra for months and I am totally fed up with it so I've stopped!!
Best wishes,
Andy

Je trouve que c'est fort intéressant d'escalader ces marches et de dépenser un peu d'énergie pour son bien-être..je vous trouve très courageux de faire ces étapes deux fois par jour.
Bonne et agréable semaine

Nothing brave about it, Malik - just sheer necessity if I don't want to be in a wheelchair for all my life!!
Thank you for your appreciation!

Muy bien, Andy, “campeón”. Sigue mejorando así. No hay bancos, ni escaparates, así que no te pares. Lo del escaparate supongo que imaginas porqué es, con la edad, tanto como un banco, viene bien también un escaparate para hacer un alto en el camino y respirar un rato:-)

Is this a quote from a Rocky film, José Manuel?
Only guessing as I've never seen a whole Rocky film from beginning to end! But if you mean a relentless training regime as parallel to my rehabillitaton programme then yes, sometimes it feels that way!

Bravo! Ich habe heute einen Kollegen getroffen, der seit einem Jahr wegen seiner Covid-Erkrankung nicht arbeiten konnte. Er war lange im künstlichen Koma. Nun geht es ihm besser. Ich freue mich für ihn und ich freue mich so sehr für Dich! Herzliche Grüße, Karl. Schönes Symbolbild!!!

Thank you, Karl!
I met a few patients in hospital who had survived Covid and had been in hospital for over a year, their progress was measurable but agonisingly slow. I talked a lot with them and we met up at the hospital's gym from time to time. Compared to those unlucky ones, I am indeed fortunate in that my recovery has been relatively quick. (Even so it's now well over a year since I was diagnosed with the dreaded lurgy!) I hope your colleague will fight his way out of this eventually. Because it does take all one's strength to fight it!
Thanks again and best wishes,
Andy

...you're in good physical condition, Andy...push your preparation forward...

Pushing forward inch by inch is my sole focus at the moment, Armando!
Many thanks!
Best wishes,
Andy

I am sure that many people who have never had the Covid would not be able to climb this stairs without stopping!

I have a mountaineering background so my 'normal' won't be the same as for others, Covid notwithstanding, Typo!
But yes, I'm sure you're right!
Best wishes,
Andy

Beautifully photographed with a wonderful perspective. I am so glad (and impressed) that you can now climb all the way up those steps without resting on the way (I can manage not more than about 15 steps, but my excuse is that I'm very, very old :)). Wonderful Andy!

I'm not so young myself, Rashid!
But before my back problem from extended steroid use (part of my long term chemotherapy programme for leukauemia) I was regularly walking 15,000 paces a day and 35,000 a day at weekends in the mountains, so I was relatively fit then!
Since Covid, I have that mindset still but an unwilling body which needs a lot of encouragement and force to overcome the weaknesses!
Thank you for your encouragemant, Rashid!

Excellent shot! Stay well!

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