Let it snow........

Oh yes, it's true..........Tracey & I walked in the snow today!! We thought that we should have a picture taken just to prove that it really did happen! I don't think that either of us can still quite believe that we did!

When we started our walk at 7.15 (!) it was a bright, sunny but cold morning, zero degrees to be exact. We set off not really knowing just how far we would walk, it just depended on the weather. We didn't want to forego our walk completely as we both feel the long Sunday walks are crucial to our training. We were cold though & I don't think our thighs warmed up at all. In fact, it was still zero degrees when we finished!

It started to snow lightly when we were into our eighth mile. It wasn't too bad, quite nice in a strange way & I guess just another weather experience.....but, it soon started to fall heavily. Not funny. It was hard to keep walking at times, a real battle against the elements, but we carried on with real determination, although I suppose you may say it was madness......

But, the walk was going really well despite the awful weather & I thought that we could walk along the High Road, play our distance by ear & turn back when we were ready as "the wind would be behind us", so we'd be pushed home..........

Famous last words. Sorry Tracey.

I think I may have wanted to go further just to walk that 12th mile again after the battle I had with it last Sunday. I didn't want it to become a mile that I would dread everytime, thinking that I would hit the wall again, so it was a bit of a mental challenge for me.

The weather just got worse & worse & by now we were very wet. We reached the 12th mile marker & I felt really good for getting through it but Tracey very sensibly said that we should turn back for home. A very good idea, after all the wind would surely be behind us now......

No.

It seemed to be even stronger now & we had to really put our heads down & step it out as the snow was really driving into our faces. We must have looked a right sight & I'm sure people thought we were mad as they drove past in their warm cars.

How glad we were to finally reach home & would you believe it, we did the 14 miles in 3hrs 5mins, 7 minutes quicker than last week. I was really shocked! I don't think I realised just how bad the weather was until I saw the photo & saw how much it had snowed, look at the roof & car in the backgound.

I hope that the smile on my face gives you an idea of how fantastic it feels to complete a good walk, it's such a good feeling despite all the hard times. I can't wait to have that picture taken at the end of 26.2 miles........................

xx