iFit Tokyo, Japan Walking Tour Meiji Jingu Shrine Walk, Tokyo, Japan

Today is Saturday, but I did this walk on Tuesday. I really need to get back into the habit of doing these posts every day, but I'm pretty sure I worked late almost every day this week and I had to go to the library once and the grocery store once. In a couple weeks, my work schedule will change so I'll probably have more time for this blogging thing. 

This was the third walk in a four part walking tour of Tokyo Japan. This was my favorite of the four and the only one I actually liked. I did this on day four instead of three since I rarely ever do these things in order. Anyway.......This was a walk through a shrine area in Tokyo, Japan. The scenery was pretty and the walk was more educational the others in the series. The other three of these were mainly the trainer walking down a busy street and pointing out the different stores on the street. Oh he also talked about how clean Japan is because no one can eat in the streets and people are taught from a young age to throw things away. 

Okay so he walked along a path and talked about the different things along the way. There were gates into the area where people are supposed to bow. There was a display of all the saki and wine from the area. There was a shrine and a temple. He talked about having children blessed. Oh there was also a building where cars could be blessed. It was hard to understand him since he talks really fast. He also has a bit of an accent and it's hard for me to follow. 

Nothing really hurt too much on this walk. I did it without hands except for the two bigger hill parts. One of them was 10% and the other was 8%. I held on for those. I felt good. Nothing went numb. I didn't put up the website version of the walk since I didn't deviate from the trainer. 

iFit Tokyo, Japan Walking Tour Shinjuku Walk, Tokyo, Japan

Today is Saturday, and I did this walk on Monday. I'm so far behind on doing these, but life gets in the way at times. I don't remember much about this walk. It was supposed to be the last one and I did it third since I'm terrible about doing these in order. The machine rebooted 3/4 of the way through which is annoying! It flatlines my chart. I hate that! This was another one walking through busy streets. I'm not a fan of this series and I'm glad it was only four parts. Nothing went numb and nothing hurt too much on this walk. I did it without holding onto the bars. 

My walk

What the website shows 

iFit Tokyo Japan Walking Tours Asakusa Walk, Tokyo Japan Day 3, but it was my Day 2

Today is Friday. I had not planned on walking before my chiropractor appointment, but I woke up around 6:30 and couldn't fall asleep so decided to just get up and get on the treadmill. This was the first in the list for the walking tour so I picked it and hoped it was day 2, but it was really day 3. Oh well. I've only done one series actually in the right order so no point in being upset that I'm out of order now. 

This was another one with the same trainer as day 1. It was another crowded street and he talked so fast that I had a hard time understanding him. This was a pretty flat walk which is good since I'm still walking with no hands. This was 2.5 MPH the whole time except the first 30 seconds or so and the last 30 seconds or so. He rattled on about stores in the area. He mentioned the oldest bar in Japan and then said it was closed. He walked through some busy areas and talked about how clean the streets are. He visited a temple and a shrine. He mentioned some really tall building that is expensive to visit and something about four beer companies. Overall, I'm not in love with this series. I knew it was a risk since it was a city tour, but whatever. At least I'm moving and it's only a four part series. 

My Walk

What the website shows

 

iFit Tokyo Japan Walking Tour Tsukiji Fish Market Walk, Tokyo Japan Day 1

 Today is Friday and I did this walk on Wednesday. This was the first one of the series and I did it on the first day. This was a shorter walk than I've been doing, but I wanted to try walking without holding onto the bars. I cut the warm up short and got right into this walk. It started out in a fish market. The trainer had a heavy accent and it was hard for me to understand him. The cadence of his voice didn't help. He spoke really fast too. The area he was walking was very crowded and he spent a lot of time talking about the different stores. He didn't really say much about each store, but he pointed out the things that were sold in them. I found the tour part of this walk to be a bit annoying since the area was so crowded and it didn't seem like I was learning about Japan. I was just learning what was sold on this street. This is a place I will probably never go so it doesn't matter if I know where to buy tuna fish in Japan. 

The walk itself was rather easy. There wasn't much incline or decline and the pace stayed at 2.5 MPH the whole time. I had actually expected to do my first no hands walk at like 2.0, but I stuck with the 2.5. The video froze up at some point, but the audio kept going. Eventually the tablet rebooted and I just kept walking. I initially got really annoyed and I put my hands down on the bars, but then quickly picked them up again and decided to keep up with this no hands thing. It took what felt like forever for the thing to reboot. It ended up adding close to a 10th of a mile to the walk. I had some issues with foot placement and staying straight on the machine. Sometimes my right foot landed flat. Sometimes it landed on the outer edge of my foot. Sometimes it landed on the inner edge of my foot. My chiropractor said that is pretty normal and means I may have injured some tiny muscles and things in my ankle. He mentioned a wobble board. I'm probably not ready for wobble boards yet! It made me think of a Hallmark movie about a guy who had a high ankle sprain and then took ballet classes to rehab the ankle. Maybe I should start taking ballet classes. The ankle with the issues is my right ankle which is the same foot that I broke so it was in a boot for several months and hasn't quite been the same since. I'm rambling. 

Okay so everything went fine. I got through this walk with minimal hand contact and I didn't break any limbs. My lower back hurt more than when I walk while holding on. This was to be expected. What I didn't expect was the neck and upper back pain I had that night and into the next day and still have. It could be unrelated to the no hands thing, but I'm not sure really. I've been using my accupressure mat and not using my other back stuff like the arch thing with the bumps and the foam roller that I lay on. I'm not sure if skipping those for so long has finally caught up with me or not. I just know that it hurts and it sucks, but time to wrap this up. Not a huge fan of this walk. 

My Walk    

What it should have been