A.M. -4°C (25°F) A little warmer today but grey and overcast. Woke up at my normal time (so annoying on holiday) feeling tired and ended up watching "The Mask" with Jim Carrey at 6am until I could run in daylight. I ran a short hill run loop, my left thigh muscle felt tight and I stopped after 5k to do some gentle stretching and leg swinging. On the downward return threw in 10 x 100m strides and finished the run with some hill bounding on the final hill. Nearer to town plenty of Boxing Day dog walkers about, did my best not to look like a bone. Total 13.1k in 1:04:10, av pace 4:54/k, 7:53/mi.
4:30 P.M. A sizzling 0°C and lots of fluffy snow falling from the sky. The Germans were at their irritatingly orderly best, snow ploughs were out, pavements were being sweeped, even the cycle ways get cleared with mini-ploughs. Why can't they have snow chaos like old Blighty where everything comes to a standstill with the first snowflake. A short, slow, second run of the day, just enough to loosen up and get some blood flowing through sore muscles. Total 7,3k in 39:38, av pace 5:26/k, 8:44/mi. | 