NOT a good start :-(

Yesterday's run did not go well.

I set out around 07:45 for a 12km run.

• At 3km my iPod finally gave up the ghost and died (don't worry I now have a new one already).
• At 4.5km I took a wrong turn and got completely lost.
• At 10km I put my right foot down on some ice causing a searing pain in my right knee as it locked and aggravated an existing injury to my Medial Cartilage Meniscus. I am now unable to walk properly.

So: the plan goes something like this. I will be skipping tonight's 30 minute slow pace run. My next scheduled run is not until Wednesday, and I am hoping with 72 hours of tender loving care my right knee will be strong enough to limp round a 6.5km run.

I plan to pop into the running shop on Wednesday and pick up a knee support (and some advice from the friendly shop owner) which will enable me to continue my training.

In hind-sight: playing golf yesterday after the injury had occurred may have been slightly short-sighted of me, but I played well and had a good time, so in my book it was worth it.

With respect to getting lost: I decided upon a route I've not run before so I wrote down road names on the back of my hand before I set off. However, this being the Kent countryside, there are no road signs on country lanes, and one incorrect turn led to a hole nightmare of being lost and going up and down hills for what seemed to be an eternity (when is was only in fact a couple of km).

I have added a map to demonstrate my error (blue line planned run, red line actual run). If you follow the link to the run you will also see that there was a somewhat extreme hill profile. This is good as the Tunbridge Wells half marathon contains some serious hills, but bad as I was not quite ready to contend with that many.

http://runkeeper.com/user/grahamtutt/activity/66466528

Still: onwards and upwards. Positive thoughts for my knee please....