Rosedawn Ramblings

I think I may have found a new passion... I know that running in the ice, cold and snow can be risky and you have to be careful for all sorts of reasons, but I've been really enjoying my running over the last week. I love being outside in the snow anyway, wrapped up against the cold, but the added dimension of running has been a new challenge that I'm relishing. Garmin Map of 1km of my snow run in Hanley Park! Last Monday was my first experience of snow-running... I rescued my trail shoes from where I'd discarded them after the final cross country event in Leek last December , wrapped myself up in lots of layers and ventured out. I ran along the canal to Hanley Park and just ran around in circles... making footprint patterns in the snow on the tennis courts, football pitches and cricket nets, plus one loop of the lake. It was fun... I wasn't worried about how far or how fast I was running, I was just running and enjoying it. I only ran a cou...

Today, I found myself in the gym at Northwood Stadium , making use of the treadmill. I just didn't have it in me to go out and run in the cold again, but I really needed to fit in a long run today to keep up with my training. So the gym and the treadmill it was! The song that greeted my when I pressed shuffle on the playlist was Amarillo... the one with Peter Kay from Comic Relief a few years ago. If you haven't seen, check out the video , mostly filmed with everyone on treadmills in front of a green screen. I just kept thinking of Ronnie Corbett falling over, which probably didn't help my treadmill running style. Earlier in the week, the frozen footpaths had sabotaged our usual Tuesday night club session for Potters Trotters. On this occasion,we sought refuge on the Athletics track, which had a few snow drifts on it, but was much less treacherous than the pavements. So within the space of a couple of days, I've tried out two different training options and I...