16m St. Prex (weekly total 21)

Total was so cold. But thankfully ever so slightly less windy than the rest of the week so I set off for a long run.

To give you an idea of how cold it was:
The fountains in Perroy were frozen. The farm one had over flowed and the whole water spill all the way down the road was ice, a dramatic image.
The trees at the edge of the Aubonne had collected ice around them and strange ice bells were hanging from the tips of the trees that reached down to the water.
At the weir where the footpath crosses the Aubonne a stick jammed in the weir had collected more and more ice around it from the spray and had made an ice sphere about the size of a beach ball.
Most amazing of all was the pier at St. Prex. The whole thing was completely encased in ice. There were people queuing up to take photos of it. The mist rising from the lake added to the erie atmosphere, I would not have been surprised to see a ghost ship appear from the depths....
The break water bolders were all covered in ice.
The lake side walk way was, in parts covered in ince - whole 60 foot sections where I had to slide over the ice and pull myself along on by the hand rail.
A small tree on the beach was completely encased in ice.

Garmin started saying out of power at about 8 miles and it made it for another 2. Shame as I felt distinctly more spritely after having 5/7 days off this week. I guess I did the half in around 1h48m.

Sun came out at Perroy on the way back. Face defrosted and legs heated up. Went for the Rolle harbour, but the ice covered it from half way out so was forced to turn slightly sooner than normal.

Slight niggle on left knee. Could feel it at Allaman beach so stopped and wiggled it and stretched it out and then on the up to Perroy it seemed to sort itself out.

Partial Garmin.