ow – again – damn.
Some running undertaken this week, but the 20 miler from last week made my knee bad, so tried to have a few days off, but it was still not right before I stupidly went out anyway….
This week I managed about 30 miles, so no t bad – when I started this I had a bad right knee and assumed that the left would be fine – this seems to be not the case.
I walked and ran on it it, this week, and with six months now until the event, my bloody knee’s may be a cause for concern. So, I will really need to train my legs/hips/knees somewhat, its frustrating as cardio wise I feel I could run all day but my body wont let me..
We went for a “hike” around the Yat this weekend, great walk, but badly sign posted from the initial section by the river, we followed the map, but just before the bridge the directions said take the path, but there wasn’t one, so we went “off piste” to try to find the way through. In the end we just trusted the OS map and went up the side of the hill, with no real path, but kept up against the fence and we were lucky, but we got where we wanted.
Anyway, after this we followed the yellow signs and it was great, easy(ish) to follow and no one around – magic. One interesting bit is the “free standing stone”, which is apparently the biggest free stone in the country – its pretty big. After this we walked to the “middle point” expecting a pub (in Staunton) but it was shut for some reason – so with no provisions we walked to Christchurch and found a pub. Google said it was best one in the village, which would be a worry if true, but it was popular, and had some faggots and some booze. Once sated it was only 3 miles of good walking to get back.
Next day – after 11 miles on the “hike” I ran 12 miles, bad knee got worse. Good run though, although at about 9 miles it was reasonably sore.
I am doing nothing for a couple of days now – hopefully sort the knee issue, we’ll see
Miles: 32
Beers: 12