Its thawed out here as well (in Surrey).  But, I always go off-road when its snowy and icy, its also nice to appreciate the scenery- as long as you have a good pair of trail shoes I find its fairly safe footing on fields and footpaths as long as you take care.

It was pretty poor over here in Tamworth but looking at the rest of the country I think we got off lightly and the last couple of times I have changed my style to easy running doing 9.5min/mile and no quick changes in direction. My winter training shoes seems to help which are Rebok Veronas as they have a deeper tread than my normal trainers. On a couple of times I have had to resort to run on the road especially on one circuit where the road has a quite steep gradient downhill over half mile.

Should be good tomorrow, be out at the usual time 04.30 in the morning for a scheduled 4.5m run and I am looking forward to increasing the pace to a steady run.

Just been out for my early morning run, I really was considering not doing it as we have had over 2 inches of snow overnight. But I must say that once I was out the snow was quite virginal and crunchy which was a joy to run in as well as being quite picturesque. The grip was good as I was using my grippy Reebok Veronas and my scheduled 10k run extended to just over 7 miles with a steady run of a decent 8.45 minute mile.

I suppose that once it gets slushy it won't be so good but I'm glad I took the plunge.

We have about 4/5 inches here now - have been for a walk and it is hard work trudging along, but I may attempt a short run later if it doesn't get much deeper and at the moment its not too icy/slippery.  Would make a good workout hopefully!

Well, did a run in up to 6" of snow and it was very picturesque.  But, I am lucky enough to have fields and woods to run through so don't need to chance any icy pavements.  Also, I used cross country spikes and this worked well for grip.  I did feel very cold for a while when I got back, though, and probably should have worn an extra layer on top of the 2 I had already!

Just got to say to all you runners who have gone out in this weather and around my area I have seen runners out (one just in shorts and T-Shirt) I have a respect for the fact that you go out in this.  I wouldn't risk it but I also think you must be mad, risking a twisted ankle or worse.  I have been sticking to the treadmill but I must say when it is a blue sky day, like it is today I am very tempted to go out but its too slippy round me and with the snow , well does anyone know if the make running wellies.

Being out this morning intially to test the slipperyness (is that a real word?) and it seemed ok, I was scheduled for a 4 mile tempo run but ended up doing a 6 mile easy. I took a rural road route which meant that some paths were not pack ice and still had quite a bit of snow on top for traction. The hills in Polesworth/Dordon village were well salted and dry and due to early morning I could run on the road without dodging the traffic.

Hi Darren, I tend to go for the longer runs at a slower pace at the moment as it's impossible to do tempo or speedwork, and of course your body only starts to really warm up after 2 - 3 miles.

Hi,

I invested in some metal-studded orienteering shoes that are perfect in the snow and ice. They are not cheap and you can only use them for cross country (or snow/ice covered pavements) but if you are doing quite a bit of trail running then they are well worth it. I could even manage a sprint finish in my local parkrun at the weekend which would have been impossible in ordinary running shoes.

Rod

Well done Lisa, I was down in London in December on a seminar and during the lunch break I walked over to the embankment and I was surprised how many runners there were, and it seemed at bit of an artform in dodging other people, vehicles and street furniture, hats off to them I wouldn't last five minutes.