I'm trying to shake a cold at the minute. I got soaked to the skin on my trail race on the 4th of October which brought it on I think. The Trail Race was cut short due to the weather conditions, the Mountain Rescue team on hand wouldn't let the full higher level 15K course be run so it was changed to a low level 11K course instead. The English Lake District is well known as a precipitation magnet but a months worth of rain fell in one day, it was torrential! I have blogged it in more detail but suffice to say I have never, ever been that wet running!

I also ran my first Cross Country race on Saturday, it was hard work but really good fun. It was much more fun than running on the road but not sure it did my cold any good! I've blogged about it but the Very Red Shoes are now properly muddy: