Wednesday, 13 January 2010

Track Closed - Training in the snow

It's a new year and the London Marathon is just over 3 months away. So, time for some serious training? Well it would be if the weather wasn't cold enough to freeze your bits off.

The track (above) is closed and the streets are covered in ice (none of the neighbours seem to have any salt to lay on the pavements). Running on ice seemed a bit silly, so I considered postponing my efforts to later in the week. However on seeing a couple of runners out facing the elements, I felt inspired. With that, and the forecast being more snow all month, I thought a short run might be a good idea to do risk the ice. And I'm glad I did. I've managed a couple of good runs. And the snow is falling again.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I ran during the snow and ice where I'm at in the States and wound up injuring... or at least bruising... a tendon in my left foot. Apparently running on ice and other slick surfaces can cause a few problems if you do it often.