I saw some articles in the UK press yesterday that questioned whether employees should receive extra pay for working on February 29 on the grounds that it was an extra day they were not normally expected to work. Of course individual employees argued they should, while most employers took the opposing view. However, the National Trust an organization that preserves and protests historic homes, monuments and open spaces, was reported to be giving their staff the day off as paid leave, as part of an initiative called Green Leap Day.

The Green Leap Day initiative has been started so workers can use the extra 24 hours for improving the environment by carrying out tasks like changing their lighting to energy efficient bulbs, creating a compost heap or arranging recycling facilities.

What have you done to improve your environment today and what about those of us on training schedules for up coming races? Should today been seen an extra day of running that may possibly make the difference between achieving a PB or not, or is it an opportunity extra day of rest and recovery? I guess that might depend on whether you are a glass half empty or glass half full type of person!