Noooo.....

SHIT SHIT shit shit shit....after 1.5 km my knee felt terrible, worse than last wednesday despite all the rest and the ice packs, so bad I had to stop, with all my thoughts shouting "It's over, no marathon." I was really devestated, I called Daniele to see if I should keep going or stop and he told me go home, but I couldn't just give up - I started again and the pain seemed less, but after turning downhill towards the Sagrada Familia it came back, band enough to stop me again.

I walked a bit, with my thoughts a black storm, but then told myself to shut up and run after the next lights - by pushing the pace up nearly to a sprint the knee felt fine, and I did another 4 km home feeling much more positive...

But, as soon as I stopped, disaster again, really strong pain, and just 7 km on the run - I don't know if the biking hurt or helped, I did 26 km each of the past two days, and now I don't know whether to keep using the bike or rest completely. I've got the ice packs back on, and I'm just trying to keep positive till tomorrow. I don't want to believe three months of (admittedly shitty) preparation are down the drain.

But all in all, what a pile of shit.

here is the route