I'll take the high road....to The Mall by Bonny_Scot

Let it snow, let it snow as Dean Martin sings BUT not until next week in Austria please!! I'm off for an impromptu ski holiday next week, totally unexpected as I am also going for a week on the 23rd Jan. But an opportunity came along and I reasoned with myself that it was during the early weeks of training, the hotel has a treadmill and I will be getting loads of exercise on the slopes and its my 40th year afterall so a pressie to myself. Decision took about 30secs to make in my head but also got the thumbs up from Deano and my other running buddies. I just hope Gatwick is open unlike this morning.

This snow is seriously hampering running outdoors and it was to the treadmill I trudged this afternoon to complete the session I missed from yesterday, 6 miles starting easy and finishing faster.

I eventually got myself sorted on the treadmill. Lots of unnecessary faffing with earphones, the earphone cable, water and hair. I had worked out how to convert my min mile pace to kph, not easy I must say and thats even with using a website and getting Deano to check and confirm.

The session stated it should also be relatively easy so I decided to split it into two and ran the first 30m mins at around 9.30 min mile pace and the second 30 mins at 9 min mile pace and covered around 10.4k (6.4 miles) in 60 mins. It was a bit of a slog but good to get it done and marked off the schedule.

Its meant to be a club night tomorrow but I think I will hit the gym again as unless there is a major thaw on it will be too dangerous out on those snowy streets.

A reward for todays effort is to break open the latest copy of RW and get the kettle on.

Stay safe in the snow.

BS:-)