Winter is here

I hate the winter. i hate the cold...i hate the dark nights and the dark mornings..i hate the rain...am dreading the snow...and am already 'wishing my time away' waiting for spring.
I suppose you have to look on the plus side though and say running, when its cool...is great!! and running at night (not much of a morning person) when the traffic is quieter and the air is cooler has its advantages...so i'm trying to embrace it and running as much as i can.
The only measured 10k runs i've ever done were at triathlons...at liverpool OD in June i did 1.10...at Tatton park in September i did 1.20 (in the mud i must say) so when i decided to measure my 10k time properly i was surprised in a good and bad way that my first attempt was 1.08...so maybe for my ability those times in the tri's were not so bad....but also...i know i can do better than that with some focus....so thats where i'm at right now....i've already improved the time (though a different route which may have been flatter) to 1.06. so i'm going in the right direction.
Endomondo.com is helping and i'm enjoying the challenges people are laying down, even though i'm not winning any of em.
I've also purchased a Turbo trainer...but that wont get used until January when IM training starts.

Cat and i have already signed up for the edinburgh and berlin marathons....probably 3 more 'races' (blackpool half mara, Liverpool OD and Cowman half IM) to sign up for next year which i'll do a bit closer to the time.

Not really a lot else to say right now...roll on springtime!!!