So - another long run with my running buddy - first run since the Silverstone half due to a nasty cold ("Typical" - thought I - "a month to go and I'm struck down by the runners equivalent of manflu") so decided to take it easy and be nice to my poor old battered body.

Of course it had been snowing, so we set out this morning running on crunchy frozen snow - quite liked it, actually, made a nice noise!! Kept my gloves on until it had all defrosted ("in case I fall over - don't want to hurt my hands") and then decided to stop at my Mum's house en route, after about 9 miles to go to the loo - dodged round some squidgy ground, lost my footing and landed in a massive puddle on gravel. So got gravel in my hand (and nasty bruises to knee and elbow and buttock) anyway. Lovely.

Was a bit tricky after that, as whole right side of me was now covered in icy cold muddy water (and the temptation was massive to stop at my Mum's house and cadge a lift back home!!) but good old Jo kept me going. Managed to get to within three quarters of a mile of home before my poor cold buttock started shouting "CRAMP" at me - I then walked the remainder - upshot, managed to do 15 miles in 3hrs 10. Pretty happy with that, but guess thats easy to say now that my body is warm again and there's only one more long run before FLM.

Hurrah for me!   think may lay on sofa this afternoon and tuck into yesterday's chocolate.

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