Snow snow snow

Well the good news is that my back is much better. However, it snowed on Friday 18th December and the snow is still there - the ground is very icy so I'm not risking a run...hopefully it will melt soon. I move house tomorrow, I will have to work out some new routes!

Trapped nerve

I would have gone running today but there is a trapped nerve in my back and it's painful to walk! Hopefully it will sort itself out soon...

Wheezy 2 miles

Wow it's cold! Ran at a good pace today (probably because it was so cold), but got very wheezy towards the end because of the temperature - it is VERY cold out there. Lots of coughing and wheezing on my return :/

Another 2 miles

Graduated yesterday, yay! I am now a Master of Science :) Went for another 2 mile run, nothing special. My guests leave tomorrow.

Quick 2 miles

I have friends staying at the moment so it's difficult to train as usual. Went for a quick 2 mile run today - it's getting cold!

Sunny Sunday, 4.5 miles

Started off with achey and tight muscles today, but managed to run 4.5 miles, time was 45 minutes. Cold but a beautifully sunny today. Lots of other runners out and about. Music today was Erasure and Leftfield.

Now for a well deserved bath.

First Parkrun, 3 miles

Did my first Parkrun today! Running 5k at 9am on a Saturday morning would not usually be my first choice, but it was great fun. It was cold but fairly sunny, with a few drops of rain just after I finished the run. The results should be up on the website tomorrow, but I think I did it in about 32 minutes. It was quite challenging, as I haven't run with other people in a race-type situation for a while. Will definitely do it again when I can.

Update: my exact time was 29:24, hurrah! However, I was 141st out of 182 people which isn't so great! I think the next one I can go to will be Saturday 19th Dec, so I will have to aim to improve my place and time then.

*Update* Pictures from the day!

Running:

Queuing in the rain to log my details after the race:

Tired 2 miles

Really didn't want to go out this evening! Used the rain as an excuse not to go running at the weekend, and the past two days it has been very cold. Finally managed to get out today despite having a headache, after a break of 4 days. Ran 2 miles at a fast jog pace, picked up the pace a bit for the last half mile.

18th December = 4 months to go till Marathon day...got to start training 5 days a week instead of 3-4 days a week...or less this week!