Who's for coffee?

Proper winter up north today.  Fun to run last night in the snow, although somewhat unpleasant with the small snowflakes stinging the eyes.   Today, the sun was shining, the sledges were out and even a few cross country skiers around.  The plan today was 21km with 13km at marathon pace.  Managed the distance and certainly put in more than the required effort, although the pace was inevitably slower with 3 inches of snow.  Averaging 5m 30s per km actually pretty quick in the conditions.  Hard on the legs though.  Used my microspikes which work really well for running on snow and ice ( http://www.kahtoola.com/microspikes.php )

Going to experiment with caffeine pre long runs. Hadn't realised that the benefits of caffeine are reduced if you take it in the form of coffee. Will try out tablet form. Also need to reduce my general caffeine intake as the benefits are diminished as you build a tolerance.

Disappointing but unsurprising to see the Russians and Chinese veto the UN move to try and do something about Syria, even if only words.  Feel like imposing a personal boycott of Russian and Chinese goods.  What do I buy that's Russian?  Probably gas but I guess I need that with the current sub zero temperatures.  Boycott Chinese goods?   May as well try and not breathe for a week.

Good and unexpected to see England beat Scotland at rugby yesterday. Don't quite know how.