Torture in Lyon

Since being away the ability to excercise consistently has been difficult. Be it too many drinks in Thailand or the intense humity of Vietnam, stringing together more than one session of exercise per week has proved a challenge. However, in Lyon, myself with Gulliame managed to get out and enjoy the nice weather whilst running in the local park...

However, Gulliame lives in the known 'Crosse Rousse' a top of a bloody big hill which means one thing.. What goes down, must come up!

So over the space of a week, whilst at night enjoying most likely one to many glasses of Beaujolais we managed to get out an do some running. But as you will see, the effort to get back to his house was shit.. The worst set of stairs ive ever seen..

This here is the beginning of the stairs... Probably around 300 or so just to warm you up...

But then; upon reaching the top of this flight, you are met with more stairs... By this stage you really feel like throwing up.. but you keep pushing on.. and your body is asking you? Why do you have to drink so much at night and then try to do this?? Surely there is a better solution to feel better about yourself?

Finally, we make it to the top.. my guess is there are close to 600 steps in all.. Kill me now!!

I was happy with the fact that I managed to complete this torture three times during the week, but sadly all I wish I was doing was riding my bike.. it seems so much easier.. bah