Run 54:00 [3] 10.3 km (5:15 / km)
Not a bad trip on the whole - perhaps too many babies in close proximity, but had an empty seat next to me on the first leg and got a reasonable amount of sleep, and despite being an hour late on the first leg (and having gates so far apart in Dubai that I was starting to wonder if the connecting flight was actually leaving from Abu Dhabi), made the connection, albeit without an awful lot to spare. Spotted quite a few tennis players on their way home from early exits from the Australian Open, although a certain well-known Swiss and his entourage were not among them (I presume with his money that private jet is the travel mode of choice).
It was dry and chilly when the plane landed (with snow cover as soon as you got off the valley floor but not in Geneva itself), but by the time I got off the tram and was walking to the hotel it had started to snow lightly, and by the time I was ready to run the snow had become quite heavy. Nonetheless I headed out - of course. It didn't actually feel that cold, but the snow was wet which made things a bit uncomfortable (it wasn't settling on hard surfaces, but was settling on grass and trees, especially away from the city centre).
Did an out-and-back along the lake, crossing over at its west end and along the southern shore as far as the main beach. Did a bit of an extra loop through the gardens at the end coming back, cut a little short after my insides decided to wake up (a common first-run-off-the-plane issue). Otherwise it was a fairly typical first run off the plane, OK without feeling as if I would have appreciated anything harder. Saw a few other runners (all wearing considerably more than I was) but the streets were quiet - how much of this was the weather and how much of it was all the locals being off in France shopping is unknown (at least to me).
I was last here three years ago, and no doubt I'll learn in the next few days what's changed (and what hasn't). The main station renovations do appear to have been completed at long last.
Got a single 200-franc note from the airport ATM, worth about $280 at current exchange rates. (Switzerland isn't Argentina, where you'll get dirty looks for using a 100-peso note to pay a 70-peso bill, so I was able to break it without difficulty at the supermarket). I've decided to try to convince myself that the exchange rate is the 1:1 it was last time I was here to avoid too much sensation of pain (in any case I'm being paid in francs so the rate is largely immaterial).