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My marathon training is continuing better than I expected. This week, the daily running was not difficult at all. I guess the slow, progressive building up is working great.

The 5 mile run. I was planning on running the 5 miles yesterday, but the weather was so cold that I thought today would be warmer. It was. Today, when I went to run the temperature was a nice chilly 26 degrees F. Yeah, way below freezing point. The route that I ran was the Harris Ranch/Warm Springs portion of the greenbelt. The snow was removed from the path, so that made the running easier.

After two long runs in this cold winter weather, I have nailed down the gear. Regular sweats will work, bringing gloves is a must, a hat is also required, and a windbreaker is necessary to cut down on the wind chills. Another item that was unexpectedly useful are my orange driving/safety glasses, they are perfect for stopping wind from watering my eyes. The reason that I’ve run the longer runs outside is because it’s very boring to be running such a long distance inside.

Getting my mind off of running. I’d discovered that when I focus on something besides the running, the legs go into autopilot and I hardly notice any pain or strain on the legs. I’ve been able to do this because I’ve brought some audio that I’ve been meaning to listen to on my “iPhone” (aka Blackberry Pearl). I will have to test this more on longer runs and see how it progresses.

Chi Running I’ve been looking around the Internet a bit and came across something called Chi Running. This type of running supposed to make it easier and more pleasurable to run. I’ve ordered the book and hopefully I’ll receive it read it before my next long run and report if and how it works.

Pain Report This five mile run wasn’t as painful and I thought it would be. I stretched before and after and so far it feels like I’ve run today, but nothing that feels like it was a much longer distance. Maybe tomorrow will be different.