Winter is looming. The weatherman has forecast 20cms of snow to arrive on Friday. So they may be wrong, but it is only just a matter of time now. Snow and ice will arrive, but come April so will the London Marathon, so as the saying goes, the training must go on. Slipping over on the ice and breaking a leg doesn't sound like my idea of a good idea so I decided to splash out on a new pair off running shoes, Icebugs "Developed and tested in Sweden, fit to go anywhere" or so they say on the box. Each sole has 17 small metal studs to grip into the ice as well as the grip found on a standard sole. If there is no ice or compacted snow for the metal studs to grip into they are meant to be absorbed into the rubber sole, how well that works in practice I have yet to find out but that's the theory.