Fabulous. My dad sent me a pair when he got a look at the black eye I earned from falling on the ice while running (hey, I did a faceplant to save the knee and ran another 7 miles after the fall). I thought they would be awful, but they work very well and are surprisingly unobtrusive, especially when you are running on ice or snow. I too love running on a winter morning.

I went for a jog/walk in the only snow we’ve had this year (well, the only snow that didn’t melt as soon as it touched the ground). It is rather enjoyable in its way, and the traction isn’t as bad as you’d think, at least while the snow’s relatively fresh and making that polystyrene-like crunching noise under your feet.

Admittedly, snow in southern Scotland has a novelty value which it probably doesn’t in colder parts… so you get full credit for running in it, cult or no cult.

(When you get to the mongoose part, though, let us know and we’ll come and break you out of there!)

Keep it going.

The running guy was totally right on injuries. My first injuries were due to wrong shoes and upping milage too fast. I’m a pronater and was wearing shoes for supanators. Good rule of thumb is to increase weekly milage or time by no more than 10%. It really is helpful.

I fell on my arse on ice a couple of weeks ago. Just walking, not running. And wearing boots with deep tread. My first reaction was to look around and see if anyone saw me go down. The second reaction was “Oh thank God it’s this year and not last, because this year I can get up off the ground easily.” :-)