Just been out for my early morning run, I really was considering not doing it as we have had over 2 inches of snow overnight. But I must say that once I was out the snow was quite virginal and crunchy which was a joy to run in as well as being quite picturesque. The grip was good as I was using my grippy Reebok Veronas and my scheduled 10k run extended to just over 7 miles with a steady run of a decent 8.45 minute mile.

I suppose that once it gets slushy it won't be so good but I'm glad I took the plunge.

It was pretty poor over here in Tamworth but looking at the rest of the country I think we got off lightly and the last couple of times I have changed my style to easy running doing 9.5min/mile and no quick changes in direction. My winter training shoes seems to help which are Rebok Veronas as they have a deeper tread than my normal trainers. On a couple of times I have had to resort to run on the road especially on one circuit where the road has a quite steep gradient downhill over half mile.

Should be good tomorrow, be out at the usual time 04.30 in the morning for a scheduled 4.5m run and I am looking forward to increasing the pace to a steady run.

Its thawed out here as well (in Surrey).  But, I always go off-road when its snowy and icy, its also nice to appreciate the scenery- as long as you have a good pair of trail shoes I find its fairly safe footing on fields and footpaths as long as you take care.