On my first day of official training I decided to do my 40 minute walk outside. Today didn’t look windy and the temp was just below 40 so I thought I’d be okay. Well, I am okay but it was far from a comfortable experience – the wind was pretty constant which sucked the heat out of my face. The only comfortable moments were when I was walking backwards.

I advise anyone who wants to run outside in this area in cold weather to wear some kind of face mask or do what I’m going to do – run on the treadmill until it warms up enough.

For the second half of this week I get to escape the cold here in Plainfield and do my running in Florida.

Since this is the start of my official training for the marathon I decided to indulge the scientist side of me and make some measurements and see if anything changes by race time. Here they are: bodyweight 172lbs, body fat 17%.