Brisk Walk around the fields

Brisk Walk around the fields today, as the ground is too slippy to run. Walking boots are much safer, and the scenery is nice & white! Forty-five minutes for the circuit, plus a bit of dancing around the kitchen while making the dinner! Hopefully, icy conditions won't last too long so I can run again soon.

I'm running in the Snow

Most of the UK has lots of snow today. It was really cold here, but fine, until it started snowing around 1pm. That's when I set out from home, all layered up, hatted, gloved and rain(snow) jacketed! Didn't snow too hard, and it was really quite pretty running back through Hall Park in the snow. Did 45 minutes and felt quite good. Will I run tomorrow or will we be under a thick layer of snow? Watch this space!

Fartlek at Wellingborough

Went along to Wellingborough & District Athletics Club again yesterday. The session involved a short run to a close on the Industrial estate, and then going up and down the hill, in fast bursts then recovery runs. Found it quite hard as it's not something I've done much of, but got through it ok. Then a run back and cool down. Legs were a little stiff later that evening, but fine by the morning. This is all going to make me much fitter for the marathon!
Finished work today for the Christmas break - hurray! Now just got to get ready for Christmas (and keep running!) Weather getting much colder, some slippy pavements, but at least we haven't got the snow...yet!

Running with W & D A C

Had a stressy day at work yesterday and needed to run! Decided to go for it and with encouragement from Robert set off for a session with Wellingborough & District Athletics Club. They were very friendly with the 'newbie' and I'd soon filled in the relevant form and set off with Alan's group. There were about 10 of us in the group, mainly ladies, who jogged out of the school grounds, did some warm-ups and set off through the industrial estate. Every so often the front runners would double back or wait for the others to catch up, so we all stayed together and didn't lose anyone. The pace was good for me, not too much in the way of hills and good to have company, and not feel vunerable running alone in the dark. Alan and some of the others were very friendly and chatted to me as we ran around the town. I was totally lost at times, but Alan guided us back in just under an hour, having successfully run nearly 5 miles. I was pleased with how I ran, I kept up with the pace, despite still having a cold and could have gone further. After some cool-down exercises I set off back for home. As Arnie famously said 'I'll be back!'

I'm back!

Woke up this morning feeling much better. Got up, and still didn't feel too bad, so decided to go for a run. Had walked to town and back yesterday, but that was the most I had managed that week - thanks to my nasty cold! Weather was cold but bright and sunny, so I wrapped up and set off up the paths, on a steady careful run. Up ahead was either a very large dog or a cow on the path - wrong! Two cows! Plus farmer and dog encouraging cows back into field. Flocks of fieldfares flying along hedgerows, but little on the lakes as they were mostly solid ripples of ice. Very pleased to manage an hour of running and still feel pretty good - I'm back!

Cold, Frosty Plod

Have been suffering with a nasty cold, hadn't even ventured out since Saturday. So decided to have a plod down to the park and back, to see if the legs still work! Wrapped up warm, but still very chilly, but beautiful. Thick frost hanging from all the foliage, and covering great swathes of the park's grass. Half an hour's plod was more than enough, good to be back in the warm! Need to get back to work tomorrow and running again soon, though half-mrathon at the weekend may be pushing it a bit!

Still too cold to run safely

Still too cold to run safely, so I've done another session of aquarobics tonight, followed by swimmming half a mile (32 lengths) and a lovely cook in the sauna and steam room. More ladies ventured to the pool tonight... we hit a magnificent 18...up 6 on Tuesday! The exercise is keeping me reasonably fit, but I'm longing for a run. The weatherman says it will get above freezing at the weekend - hurray! But then get cold again - boo! Bedford half marathon is the weekend after this one....will it happen? Will I have lost all my running practice?
Will I get to see all the birdies again soon? How are they coping in this cold? Can you wait for the next exciting episode of Theresa's Running Blog?