Nice snow photos peeps. and animated gifs Mr Z, thankfully I never googled prehensile. 
. Lots of great long runs by everyone at the moment, nice to see.
Gazelle, DD & Brol off on hols and Brol running around her chalet - at 5.30am? 
Barry, sorry to hear about the job, fingers crossed.
2old, good running by you. Chesters noted for future reference, especially Freemers mention of huge cake portions
Simon hope the heel is better, I've had nearly a bony spur and not pleasant. Treadmills I find more impact, trail better when possible.
League race for me last Sunday, cold and in a very twisty turny park and on a camber which I find hard with old injury left hip & heel... 4 curvy laps going left the whole time and no straight sections... grrr. 5.4 miles in sub 35 minutes though, 6.30min miles, not too shabby but not flat out either - Jan more a month for Longer stuff in my Franken type plan (not Brol type long ever).
Then 6 ish miles @ 8-8.30 mm warm down chatting with friends to our house, sausages sizzling in the Aga, bacon, eggs, tea for all of us - lovely! (hmm tea tonight...)
Light running only this next few days with a busy weekend - final preparation for the 50 mile ultra Feb 2nd. Was planning to run this with a pal who is now injured.. hmmm. Did wibble a bit, Time to HTFU, just adds to the event going solo now, I will meet others anyway.
Saturday doing Hebden Bridge 22 miler with Mrs FRC at her pace, 3500-4000 ft of hills and also expecting 2-6" of snow underfoot. Backpacks, jackets, sealskinz, trail shoes and tons of food every 3-4 miles, plus a meal and dessert with custard at the end. Actually looking forward to it in a mad sort of way.
Then Sunday doing Helsby Half marathon as a training run, pace to be decided, perhaps 2013 PMP if I feel okay, but getting around first aim. I will take gels (blok shots) to keep energy levels high though just in case.
