The 38 Week Marathon Training Schedule

Here is Hal Higdon's 18 week novice marathon training schedule expanded to 38 weeks.

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	rest	3	3	3	rest	6	cross
2	rest	3	3	3	rest	7	cross
3	rest	3	3	3	rest	6	cross
4	rest	3	3	3	rest	7	cross
5	rest	3	4	3	rest	5	cross
6	rest	3	4	3	rest	9	cross
7	rest	3	4	3	rest	5	cross
8	rest	3	4	3	rest	9	cross
9	rest	3	5	3	rest	10	cross
10	rest	3	5	3	rest	7	cross
11	rest	3	5	3	rest	10	cross
12	rest	3	5	3	rest	7	cross
13	rest	3	6	3	rest	12	cross
14	rest	3	6	3	rest	13	cross
15	rest	3	7	4	rest	10	cross
16	rest	3	6	3	rest	12	cross
17	rest	3	6	3	rest	13	cross
18	rest	3	7	4	rest	10	cross
19	rest	3	7	4	rest	15	cross
20	rest	4	8	4	rest	16	cross
21	rest	4	8	5	rest	12	cross
22	rest	3	7	4	rest	15	cross
23	rest	4	8	4	rest	16	cross
24	rest	4	8	5	rest	12	cross
25	rest	4	9	5	rest	18	cross
26	rest	5	9	5	rest	14	cross
27	rest	5	10	5	rest	20	cross
28	rest	5	8	4	rest	12	cross
29	rest	4	9	5	rest	18	cross
30	rest	5	9	5	rest	14	cross
31	rest	5	10	5	rest	20	cross
32	rest	5	8	4	rest	12	cross
33	rest	4	6	3	rest	8	cross
34	rest	5	9	5	rest	14	cross
35	rest	5	10	5	rest	20	cross
36	rest	5	8	4	rest	12	cross
37	rest	4	6	3	rest	8	cross
38	rest	4	5	rest	rest	race

Cross training on Sundays is an hour of walking, biking, swimming, or other similar [low-impact] activity.

The sum of all the miles we will run in the 38 weeks, including the 26 miles in the marathon, is 989 miles.  This is a LARGE number.  But, 989 miles over 264 days is about 3.75 miles per day which doesn't seem nearly so bad.  The proximity of 989 to 1000 being what it is, we have a new goal: Run 1000 miles.

Probably a couple days after the marathon, we will go for a short 11 mile run to reach the 1000 mile mark.  1000 miles is the approximate walking distance between our apartment in West Lafayette, IN and Phil's parents' house in Houston, TX.  WOW.