Week 5 Training: How is it going

Ok so I have entered week 5 now of training for a possible ultra, but definately a fall Marathon.  This week we raced a 5K trail run in Byron on Saturday, then I had 10 trail miles on Sunday.  A big weekend of training to say the least.  I feel like I am getting stronger, not faster, just stronger.  Saturday the 5K was tough, hills, and it rained.  For me, rain on a run is always tough, I find it hard to want to be out in anything other than perfect weather.  But, I ran it because I had to and I was glad for the mental work.  Running is not always about legs, a lot of the training is about how your mind works.  I have a had time motivating when things are not the way I think they should be.  I often dread weather on a run, from snow, rain, or even very high heat and humidity, they all send me running? Haha I know it is a bad joke.  The morning of the 10 miler I assumed I would be very sore when I woke up.  My pleasant superise was that I was not.  That is why I think I might be getting stronger.  I covered the blister place on my feet and off I went.  Up hill, down hill, jumping over washed out bridge area, and in general had a good training run, slow but done.  Today I am sore, but just a little, nothing outlandish.  So that is how the week went, and I am grateful for the ability to run, and for the special people in my life I run with.  Forgot to say, after the race Saturday, I had a great breakfast with about 16 running friends.  All in All a great week!! A little eye candy from Big Sur in 2013