Friday 9th February

3 miles jog back from work
30 km on X-Bike (68 mins)
Snow

An unexpected runout this evening. The snow fell again steadily during the day and after deciding to bus it to work (rather than risk car abandonment), had no chance of getting back by the same means. Black ice and utter chaos as Birmingham was brought to a standstill, busses slid down Moseley Hill and drivers resigned themselves to a long evening. Tim took 5 hours to get back to Redditch but in my Scarpa boots it was a great chance for a little snow X-Country! Enjoyed a gentle jog back, stopping only as a car radiator blew near the QE. Harborne Park Road was an ice rink, cars abandoned for the night. Surprised there weren't any looters about!

Managed 30km on the exercise bike later watching highlights of England beating Australia in a 1 day cricket final (almost as rare as the snow). Not sure if the bike adds much to the training but it certainly burns a few calories and the resistance levels are OK. After an hour the seat is a little unforgiving though