And the snow came…..
During January I am lucky enough to have abradypus‘s company for my long runs. Yippee!! Not sure what I’m going to do in February but hey that’s weeks away.
We left today and it was definitely snowing. Despite not being the biggest fan of snow, I do love running through virgin snow and taking pictures of it. So we stopped, a lot, to take pictures of snow, smiley faces created in virgin snow(unfortunately that one didn’t come out!) and of course pictures of footprints in the snow with beautiful backdrops.
The snow changes the way the landscape looks so at times we felt like intrepid explorers, especially when we were running into the wind. Next time I need a cap, the snowflakes were getting stuck on my eyelashes!! There were times where I’m sure neither of us really knew where we were…….but luckily we ended up where we planned to eventually.
From a running point of view, I find it tough running through snow, one step forward, a couple of steps back and not being sure what is underneath the snow(very cold puddle in one case) but it makes a lovely change. You are forced to relax and enjoy the run otherwise you’d spend the whole time stressing and lets face it that’s not why we do it. I was stressed when we started and thoroughly relaxed by the time we finished. Job done!
This is the “picture” which abradypus took when she said her fingers were too cold to control the camera………
Oh no I can’t insert it, oh well it was only me running away from the camera, you get the general idea.
🙂
Great write up – I feel like I’m back out there.
Thank you x
oh it looks so magical!
Brave
I love running in the snow too – glad you both enjoyed it.
well done both of you! arent you glad the long run is out the way? 🙂
running in snow is definitely more interesting! nice pics. the snow has finally reached Edinburgh – looking forward to my run tomorrow!
nice pics well done 🙂
Oh, to be so lucky as to a.) be ready for long runs again & b.) have abradypus along for those! Sounds like you both had much fun 🙂 The snow looks lovely. Fun to read about snow from the viewpoint of those unaccustomed to it. Kinda gives me a new perspective. (I tend to get tired of it, as here, we see snow so often it gets to be a hindrance.)