Le Coin Vert: Fortissima

Back for a second cake at Le Coin Vert finally. This time, I went with the Fortissima for 617 yen. This is a dense chocolate cake with rum and did not work for me. The type was very familiar, but it's not sweet, it's not creamy, and there is not a lot of taste, just a sort of "watery" chocolate, and rum (which I'm fine with). That makes it sound less good than it was, but that's my interpretation if this kind of chocolate taste, which is actually quite common, so presumably intentional. So far, I've yet to learn to like this taste. I'm going to rate this "okay", at least for me, and take Le Coin Vert off the possibly excellent list. Shame, because it's nearby.

On the plus side, I had no residual problems from yesterday's long walk, and I walked faster today and again no problems. Actually, my goal was a relaxed walk, compared to yesterday's deliverately slow, controlled walk, but today I often slid into my more usual higher paced walk but with no problems. Still think I should hold off on running, because I can't say that I've been problem-free for a week, but I'm hoping twinges have been due to lack of use rather than remaining inflammation from over-use, since pain is tricky that way I've heard (from professionals) and experience, especially with my back. So I'll hold off on running (and cycling) a few more days and keep raising the level of walking and see how that goes. There have been a lot of disappointments so far, so I don't want to rush things. It's obviously going to take several months to train back up, so another week is not going to matter much.