The Saturday long runs are upped 2 miles every week followed by a Sunday medium effort 10 miler. My body is getting pretty sore from running on the snow and ice. I am new to trails as it is but to add ice and/or deep snow pretty difficult for me. My stabilizer muscles are really getting a workout I must roll my ankle several times in a one hour period. It takes 1.5 times the normal pace to run in these conditions. With all the pain aside, I know it is making me stronger and I can see that in my easier base runs. In 7 weeks I will be running my 3rd marathon as just part of my training program and nothing for time. It will be nice to run a marathon purely for training purposes and enjoyment. The pressure of "what time will I cross the finish" can become a nuisance. Also, this is the first time I have started training closer to my race date. Normally, I begin progressing much much further away. We will see how this works for me. Thus far I feel it has worked out better for me.