Nearly Spring .......

The snow has long gone so thought it was time to post again !

Now what's been happening? Not a lot ! Working, sleeping and some training, blah, blah blah !

Actually, I am really enjoying this time of year. A plan from Craig to stick to but not so much that you are exhausted.....and lying around at the week-end watching trash tv....not going to last much longer so enjoying it whilst I can !

Did a 5k race the the American Air Base where I work (sometimes) last week.....weather was kind so managed to get into a SKIRT ! Lovely to finally to feel a little sun. Was pleased with my 28.41 with not a huge amount of effort.

Am managing my two swims a week and two lifting sessions....my arm has gained so much more strength and my elbow gained a lot more movement. I am beginning to

I am writing this in the kitchen and looking across to the dining room there are two bikes on two turbo trainers ! Such is life in our winters.....am desperate to get out onto the road for some 'real' biking. Have exhausted all my episodes of 'ER' so it MUST be time to get outside. Have entered a duathlon in April - it's taking place at a motor racing circuit so there will be no traffic to contend with. When we race here the roads are NOT closed.........

Snow ... Snow ... Snow ...

And so it continues - snow isn't something we are that used to in our part of England - not for the past 10 to 15 years anyway - so the last week has been something of a surprise to us. Needless to say some of the "younger" generation are finding things hard going ... they don't know how to drive in snow & ice so that has been somewhat entertaining to us who remember the days before central heating when you had to scrape the frost off the inside of your bedroom windows in the mornings!

(Here's a shot showing snow on the main road to Newmarket on Friday morning.)

We went into Cambridge for breakfast this morning and most of the snow there had melted - although the pavements had not been treated so most of our running routes around the river area are definitely "no-go" areas for the moment.

(This is the view across the fields at the back of our house - snowboarding anyone?)

Here at the heady altitude of 365 feet ASL we still have snow ... are more is forecast ... Oh Joy!

(And this is the wood at the bottom of our garden)

What a week !

It's been an awful week here......heavy snow arrived on Monday and has been here every since. In England we are totally unequipped for this snow ! The entire country ground to a halt...NO buses ran at all in the centre of London on Monday...can you imagine any other big city coming to a complete stand-still ????

So, couldn't get to the gym. We live in a tiny village miles from anywhere, well 13 miles from Cambridge, but the road was so bad it was very difficult to drive !

Managed to get into London a couple of days for meetings...they were so boring I wish I hadn't bothered ! The drive into London was so stressful - had a complete white-out !

Anyway, only managed a short run this week and will try to turbo this afternoon...not bothered about missing work-outs (hope Craig is not reading this)...I am so enjoying just lazing about and not feeling the pressure of training BUT, on the other hand, can't wait to start training for IM MOO !

Picture of us at Goofy....just finished the marathon.....