1) Snowy:
Most of the snowy days I have run from home, but drove over to Bedgebury Forest one day, for a wonderful run in isolation round bits of Bedgebury that I had never been before. Two laps = about 11 miles. Not quite as long as originally planned, but not bad in the snow! Warm but near exhaustion when I finished. Thankfully the wonderful cafe was open, with views over the frozen lake - and complete with completely frozen vases :)
2) Muddy
The highlight of this section was a new route on the North Downs, which had included a section over a ploughed field (muddy / flinty soil) where it was so claggy that the mud stuck to my shoes a good 10 cm either side of them. Unfortunately didn't have any means to take a picture on the way round, but it cracked me up - nice to have a laugh when you're 8 miles down and 7 miles to go :)
Nice and muddy after 15 miles
3) Long
Am now up to a long run of 17 miles - and not enjoying the long runs at all. The first 10 miles are fine. The next 4 are OK. The last few are hell.
The worrying thing is I have *** 9 more miles *** to do in the marathon. Gulp.
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