Well that was a bit different, back from the holiday and into the cold.

[ChrisAllen1]

Ah Lanzarote, you seem so far away all ready..

To be fair it wasn't too bad, certainly not the conditions many of you will have had. Looks like we may have missed the worst week if the winter 🤞

Parts were muddy, parts slushy and one km was spent almost waddling sideways up a still icy incline but I'm glad to have got February off to a decent start.

Hopefully we will have better conditions now and maybe that's the worst of the winter over?, we can but hope.

Hats off to everyone who got out this weekend and hopefully you had good and safe runs.

Run happy, run safe.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Glad you enjoyed your holidays in Lanzarote Chris, yes you missed the worst of the snow in your area when there were blizzards in North East England on Thursday and the temperature early on Friday was -11C, the weather forecast for the coming week is much milder weather.

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Welcome back to winter Chris. It sounds like you enjoyed being out there in the mud and slush.

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Yeah it was a decent run for the most part.

[Deals1 Graduate10]

Welcome back.

And well done for getting out there

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate10 in reply to Deals1]

Thanks Deals

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Welcome back Chris. Yes I think you lucked out and missed the worst of it. ❄️❄️🥶🥶❄️❄️

Glad you had a good holiday and a good first run back at home. 👍🏃👍

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Thank you!!!

[BaddieThePirate Graduate10]

Welcome back to winter!

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate10 in reply to BaddieThePirate]

Haha, thank you!!!

[Razouski]

Chris who knows what other weather lies in store... Remember last year we had the beast from the East at the end of Feb / beginning of March. You may think you’ve escaped it, but ...😉

Glad you had a good holiday, did you get to run while you were there?

Your run yesterday sounded entertaining... all that mud... Hope your shoes don’t need to much cleaning.

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate10 in reply to Razouski]

Yes i think tbe "beast from the east" was late February?, I had 4 lovely runs in Lanzarote, nothing to long but nice to run in the T Shirt and shorts. The trainers did need a good clean!!

[Sandie1961 Graduate10]

Nice run Chris and welcome home. I quite fancy winter sun, but really wouldn’t like coming back into the cold - bit too much of a shock to the system. On the other hand, it must have been lovely to run in Lanzarote.

[ChrisAllen1 Graduate10 in reply to Sandie1961]

Yes 4 lovelyruns there, once I got going yesterday it was ok but took a while to warm up!!