Your love is like a marathon...

Actually, it not.

I've been training for a marathon for the past few months, and things are going well. Initially, I planned to run the Myrtle Beach Marathon on February 19th, but shit happened, and I won't be able to run. No problem, because there is usually a marathon in High Point, NC every year is March. My sister has ran that one twice, so I figured I can run that one to make up for missing Myrtle Beach. Well, I was wrong. The High Point Marathon has been moved to November of this year, which mean I need to find a marathon between now and May, because I will not wait until November to run. Ideally, I want to be running my second marathon in November of this year, not my first.


Beginner Plan*

Week	M	T	W	T	F	S	S	Total
1*	Rest	4 miles, including 4:00 TUT	Rest	1-hour run	Rest	4 miles	6 miles	15-16 miles
2	Rest	4 miles, including 4:00 TUT	Rest	1-hour run	Rest	4 miles	7 miles	15-16 miles
3	Rest	4 miles, including 5:00 TUT	Rest	6 miles	Rest	Rest	8 miles	18-19 miles
4	Rest	4 miles, including 5:00 TUT	Rest	6 miles	Rest	Rest	9 miles	18-19 miles
5	Rest	4 miles, including 3x2:00 AI	Rest	4 miles	Rest	5-K race	6-8 miles	19-21 miles
6	Rest	5 miles, including 6:00 TUT	Rest	7 miles	Rest	Rest	10 miles	22-24 miles
7	Rest	5 miles, including 6:00 TUT	Rest	7 miles	Rest	Rest	12 miles	22-24 miles
8	Rest	5 miles, including 7:00 TUT	Rest	8 miles	Rest	Rest	12 miles	25-27 miles
9	Rest	5 miles, including 7:00UTUT	Rest	8 miles	Rest	Rest	14miles	25-27 miles
10	Rest	5 miles, including 3x3:00 AI	Rest	4 miles	Rest	10-K race	5 miles	24 miles
11	Rest	5 miles, including 8:00 TUT	Rest	9 miles	Rest	Rest	16 miles	30-32 miles
12	Rest	5 miles, including 8:00 TUT	Rest	9 miles	Rest	Rest	18 miles	30-32 miles
13	Rest	5 miles, including 9:00 TUT	Rest	10 miles	Rest	4 miles	20 miles	39 miles
14	Rest	5 miles, including 9:00 TUT	Rest	10 miles	Rest	4 miles	10 miles	29 miles
15	Rest	3 miles, including 3X3:00 AI	Rest	5 miles	Rest	3 miles, including 3x2:00 AI	5 miles	16 miles
16	Rest	3 miles, Including 3x2:00 AI	Rest	3-mile jog	Rest	2-mile jog	Marathon

There is a new marathon in the area called the Tobacco Road Marathon. It's mostly a trail marathon, with 20 of the 26.2 coarse being the American Tobacco Trail here in the Triangle.

Looks interesting...  My training has been solely road running, but I think the trail would be nice, much easier on my knees. Looks like I'll be doing my long run this week on the American Tobacco Trail.



*My training schedule. I've modified it where I only rest 3 days, Run MWThS, Rest STF.