My 4 Legged Training Partner

I just thought i’d take this opportunity to introduce one of my Training Partners ... 4 legged this time, this is Nea (Pronounced Knee-Ya) she’s young on full of enthusiasm and, at the moment, loving running in the Snow.

Her energy is boundless, something i can only dream of :)

The Big Thaw ...

Well after snow, snow, snow there has to be a big thaw and its arrived with vengeance here in the North East of England . Gone has the lushness of the deep white and now when out running off road all there is is the grey, the grey of snow compacted underfoot to ice, the grey and wet of slush that soaks your feet and chills you to your core ... apart from the odd patch that seems to hang on to glory of white, to the glory of snow, snow, snow ...

Today’s run, Just over 4 miles, was more than just a run ... it felt like it was also a major ‘core’ workout maintaining balance with the conditions under foot as described above ... but i gout out there with my dog .... and she enjoyed it.

So that’s the first run of the week out the way and hopefully i’ll get a short spinning session in latter today.

Have fun out there and take care.

Snow, Snow, Snow

As the country is gripped in the ‘big freeze’, as the media would have us believe, the big question is always do i go out to train ... or not?




Well for me it has to be ‘get out there and do it’ or (JFDI) ... but all within reason ... there is no open water swimming at this time of year and the snow covered roads are far too bad for cycling, so that leaves running. In the past week I have managed to get out for a few runs and the photo above, from my sitting room window, shows the sort of conditions that greeted me.

The main thing is not to get to caught up on things and adjust your training appropriately.... if you are running in knee deep snow; you can’t expect to do long fast runs, but you can still work hard ... and believe me, running in knee deep snow is hard work.