The first proper run of my marathon training schedule. 6 miles – instructions said start slow finish faster. I started very slow and finished ever so slightly faster – but I did have the excuse of snow and wintry underfoot conditions!

I found a quiet country road – 2 miles down and up it – so I did that 3 times. Little traffic but one local who passed me twice couldn’t resist stopping the second time to offer the words of encouragement “you’re off your heed” – Scottish venacular for “you’re mad!. No sign of snow letting up yet so the mad runner may well be spotted running down and up, down and up, down and up again.

I’m actually a bit like a child and love the snow – it all makes running a bit more of an adventure from the usual plod.

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