winter is back with a vengeance...

or should that be winter is still here? the weather is terrible as it has been all summer, running un the downs we have been slipping and sliding about all over the place-can't really wear cross country spikes up there because of the dogs and the members of the public who don't seem to understand what "excuse me" means til you're right upon them. we've been running some long efforts, just vaguely measured out circuits in a bid to get ourselves up and running for the season. we're not working too hard at the moment as it is very hard to maintain high levels of fitness for 9 months of the year. i was supposed to run the cardiff 10k on sunday as my first race, but i woke up and my back was hurting and i ran a 13 miler the night before so the legs were a little bit sore. but mike pointed out to me that training at this time of year is more important than races you have plenty of time to race get fit first as it wont do your confidence much good if you run slow times.