Marathon race training schedule

Well I finished the half marathon, had a pretty good time - I felt good that I didn't stop at all and I kept pace behind a pretty fast girl the whole time. What an awesome course - you run through parts of the loop that are usually off limits to runners, like running over bridges over the Chicago river - there's this cool part where you run in a dark tunnel for like a half mile, then the end is going north on the lake. It's really nice, I'm going to run it again next year.

Been thinking about what I'm going to do next with running, now that I've done a half marathon. I'd like to do Pumpkins in the Park in October just for fun (and to dress up Nina), then Shamrock Shuffle (because I heard it's fun and I haven't done it yet, you have to do some races just to keep the excitement for racing I think), then Rock and Roll Half Marathon again next summer, then the Chicago Marathon in the fall of 2010! I have to remember to register for this stuff ahead of time because they sell out.

Here's the Advanced Beginner marathon training schedule I'm going to use to train for this marathon (I'm basically just going to train for the marathon and do the little races just to keep my energy up along the way)

dvanced Beginner Marathon Training Schedule

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
1 Rest 3 mi Rest 3 mi Rest 4 mi 3 mi EZ
2 Rest 3 miles 2 mi 3 mi CT or Rest 5 mi 3 mi EZ
3 Rest 3 mi 2 mi RP 4 mi CT or Rest 6 mi 3 mi EZ
4 Rest 3 mi 2 mi RP 4 mi CT or Rest 7 mi 3 mi EZ
5 Rest 4 mi 2.5 mi RP 4 mi CT or Rest 6 mi 3 mi EZ
6 Rest 4 mil 2.5 mi RP 4 mi CT or Rest 8 mi 3 mi EZ
7 Rest 4 mi 3 mi RP 4 mi CT or Rest 10 mi 3 mi EZ
8 Rest 4 mi 3 mi RP 5 mi CT or Rest 8 mi 3 mi EZ
9 Rest 4 mi 3 mi RP 4 mi CT or Rest 12 mi Rest
10 Rest 4 mi 3 mi RP 5 mi CT or Rest 14 mi 3 mi EZ
11 Rest 4 mi 3.5 mi RP 4 mi CT or Rest 16 mi 3 mi EZ
12 Rest 5 mi 4 mi RP 5 mi CT or Rest 10 mi 3 mi EZ
13 Rest 5 mi 4 mi RP 5 mi CT or Rest 18 mi 3 mi EZ
14 Rest 4 mi 4 mi RP 5 mi CT or Rest 12 mi 3 mi EZ
15 Rest 4 mi 4.5 mi RP 5 mi CT or Rest 18 mi Rest
16 3 mi EZ 5 mi 4.5 mi RP 6 mi CT or Rest 14 mi 3 mi EZ
17 Rest 4 mi 5 mi RP 6 mi CT or Rest 20 mi 3 mi EZ
18 Rest 4 mi CT 4 mi CT or Rest 12 mi 3 mi EZ
19 Rest 3 mi 30 minutes RP 3 mi CT or Rest 8 mi 3 mi EZ
20 Rest 2 mi 20 minutes Rest Day 20 minutes Race Day! Rest Day!