Racing, marathon training or parkrunning - as always, come and share your weekend exploits below the line. Guaranteed Guardian pick for anyone who ran in a penguin costume ...

Such is the number of races now, at least in London, that they tend to blur into one another in the memory. Not so the Cancer Research Winter Run - after all, there aren’t many races where you get high fives from penguins and a cuddle from a polar bear to warm you up at the finish. Oh, and a Lindor chocolate bar. Yum. It was also great to see Jackie Scully who had her hen do at the race (and is following that up by getting married at the London Marathon) - and also to meet some running blog regulars (hi Martin!).

It’s a big race - 1650 runners this year - but they set you off in fairly small waves, so the event itself lasts a fair few hours, adding to the general atmosphere of freezing frivolity. I had decided to race it, but with the proviso of not looking at my watch. This, I confess, was mostly because not feeling on great form, I didn’t want to take the risk of being discouraged by my pace, and hence slowing down still further.

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