Training

I've adopted the 16-week training program from Marathon Rookie. Why this program instead of (insert your favorite marathon training program here)?

A few very good reasons:

• Sixteen weeks seemed manageable. 
• Four training days a week seemed less stressful than five. 
• The focus of this program is on putting in the miles to finish, so this program ignores the speed work that turns running into a circle of hell. My goal here isn't to break land-speed records; I just want to finish. And while I do realize that on race day I might very well wish I'd done everything in my power to shave off extra minutes. I'll just plan on busting through that wall when I get there.

You can follow my progress as I check off my runs here:

16-Week Marathon Training Schedule

Week	Sun.	Mon.	Tues.	Wed.	Thurs.	Fri.	Sat.	Total
WEEK 1	4/11 3	Rest	4/13  4	4/14  3	Rest	4/16  5 (done Sat)	Rest	15
WEEK 2	4/18  3	Rest	4/20  4	4/21 3	Rest	4/23 6	Rest	16
WEEK 3	4/25 3	Rest	4/27 4	4/28 3	Rest	4/30 7	Rest	17
WEEK 4	5/2 3	Rest	5/4  5	5/5  3	Rest	5/7  8	Rest	19
WEEK 5	5/9  3	Rest	5/11  5	5/12  3	Rest	5/14 10	Rest	21
WEEK 6	5/16  4	Rest	5/18  5	5/19  4	Rest	5/21 11	Rest	24
WEEK 7	5/23  4	Rest	5/25 6	5/26 4	Rest	5/28 12	Rest	26
WEEK 8	5/30  4	Rest	6/1 6	6/2  4	Rest	6/4  14	Rest	28
WEEK 9	6/6  4	Rest	6/8  7	6/9  4	Rest	6/11  16	Rest	31
WEEK 10	6/13  5	Rest	6/15  8	6/16  5	Rest	6/18  16	Rest	34
WEEK 11	6/20  5	Rest	6/22 8	6/23 5	Rest	6/25 17	Rest	35
WEEK 12	6/27  5	Rest	6/29 8	6/30  5	Rest	7/2 18	Rest	36
WEEK 13	7/4  5	Rest	7/6 8	7/7 5	Rest	7/9 20	Rest	38
WEEK 14	7/11  5	Rest	7/13  8	7/14  5	Rest	7/16  9	Rest	27
WEEK 15	7/18 3	Rest	7/20  5	7/21  3	Rest	7/23  8	Rest	19
WEEK 16	7/25  3	Rest	7/27  3	7/28  Walk 2	Rest	7/30, 7 p.m. 26.2 RACE!!	VEG	34.2