First run, Strid Wood of Desolation 5.3m/1000', all runnable.

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After 10wks of cycling i reckoned i'd have felt a bit better. Calves cramping up when i stopped and left ITB feeling tight. Got a bottleful of really nice brown peaty water from the beck in the Valley of Desolation, tasted like iced tea. Feeling very taxed aerobically which, again, is a shock after some of the bike rides i've been doing.

Right knee held up fine, but time and training will wear it down slowly if it's going to cause problems; there probably won't be any sudden and acute incidents. New taping configuration is a real work of art and difficult to reproduce accurately, it uses up at least half a metre of Luekotape so i'd better get stocked up. It doesn't control my medial maltracking so i'm expecting some real soreness in the lateral retinaculum. One run a week for now and i'm wearing shop bought patella tendon straps to work to stop my kneecap contacting on the affected area as much as possible. Work is a big problem and may be my undoing.