So far so good!

[stega1958]

Well, that's week 2 behind me. I had worried that the snow and ice might de-rail me and force a repeat of W1, but it's about a 5 minute walk to the football pitches and running on snow covered grass feels OK, definitely safer than pavements. Only downside is that the shifting surface has led to my glutes tightening up so the weather really has been a pain in the butt! W3 starts Saturday...

[Fingalo Graduate]

Fair play to you Stega. May I ask, what's a glute?

[stega1958 Graduate]

The glues are the big muscles in your bottom

[Fingalo Graduate in reply to stega1958]

Thanks Stega, I never knew what they were called.

Every day's a school 'un.

[greenlegs Graduate]

I hadn't worked out where the glutes were either, even though I've read about them repeatedly - I just ignore them and think 'muscles somewhere or other'. Now I know.

I ran on a bit of snowy grass the other day, and was surprised that it seemed harder work than I'd expected, because I had to pick my feet up more. Usually I pretty much shuffle (or juffle). And the ground underneath was squishy which made it more interesting too. Less jarring than pavement though.

[stega1958 Graduate]

Any soft or shifting surface makes running harder, running on a beach is very hard work unless you are down on the hard damp sand near the sea

[skf28 Graduate]

well done stega - I will try the running on snowy grass rather than pavements (if the dreaded snow does indeed fall here)