Left leg is shot. Knee pain, tendinitis in shin and knee pain in right starting. I ran more than walked today as it was painful to walk and didn’t want to be out there all day. Upside it was a beautiful day out. Ran in tights and t shirt and after getting crushed yesterday in the wind. When we moved slow we enjoyed the scenery. The last stage I got some motivation and attacked the last stage until we hit 5km of jeep track with mid sized stones. Hurt like hell. Especially the downhill to camp. I’m ok going up hill, going down is crushing on my shin. After drinking recovery drink and putting feet up to reduce swelling I could barely move. Went to med tent and blisters are minor, knee is ok and just have to deal with the pain tomorrow. My goal was finish the day. Same tomorrow. If I can get to start of the long day, I can make it. Loading up on food and bed early. Chat on the …

Last night was cold as F! The tent whipped relentless all night and it was colder than the night before. Fully clothed in our bags again and I considered wrapping my bivvy/space blanket over my sleeping bags as a couple others with lighter sleeping bags did! I think I invented three new sleeping positions to try and make the knee feel more comfortable. 47km and five checkpoints today. 7.5 hours on course. 90 km under our belt and the two longest single days done Jessie and I teamed from start to finish both having our moments of challenge. We ran most the first three stages when flat or downhill and then ran/walk hobbled the rest. Met a guy from Germany/USA that recently did the idiserod in Alaska (dog sled race) on foot and took him 28 days. Some incredibly accomplished people here. Ran a little w Chris from USA/Hong Kong from the GOBI, was great to see him again. We saw some epic views today, scaling up the side of a mountain into crazy winds …