Next stop the Insane Asylum

I started writing this post in my head while out for a quick run just after a couple of hours on the turbo trainer. It was minus something degrees, the snow was just beginning to fall and I'm looking sheepishly at a passing ambulance and Police car thinking I might get committed for being out running in this weather.

Then i start to wonder what all the people in the cars passing are thinking about me. Do they think I'm a few cans short of a 6 pack? Do they admire my commitment?

I must admit running in the cold has never bothered me. The cold doesn't really affect me too much when running so i can live with it... cycling in the cold however is another story, it seems no matter how many layers I wear it feels horrible. The pain of the cold in your hands and feet is unbearable for me. so i always look at winter cyclists with admiration. (I will freely admit i have been on the turbo trainer for ALL cycling since the end of October!)

I guess, as its the general public there is a mixture of thoughts, some think we are mental, some admire us,at the end of the day it doesn't really matter what they think... because if it did we wouldn't do it!

I will just have to go back to my mind flicking between how much stronger it is making me, and wishing i could afford a few weeks in Lanzarote at this time of the year!

Keep saying "Hi!" to the other poor cyclists and runners who are braving the cold and I'm sure spring and summer will be here before we know it!

While i have been writing this the snow has really started falling... I've become a bit excited about my off road long run tomorrow morning!.... maybe i do need to be committed?