Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas is traditionally a time I really let myself put my feet up at our families homes. However, with the snow on the ground and the sky mostly blue, we kept some momentum up by going out most days for a short fartlek run. Never more than 30 minutes, but always leaving me feeling well exercised. One thing is for sure, I'm not great at repeated unstructured pace work!

A busy christmas seeing friends and family was followed by an equally busy run up to New Year, including a good session at the Climbing Works in Sheffield when the grit boulders were too damp and a NYE walk in the Peak. 2011 was seen in with friends and champagne.

Just a pity that 2011 started properly on the 1st with my first illness of the year (also my last?!?!). This nasty cold has had me in bed for 3 days already.