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.

Wine and Running: an Explanation

The Goals

1. Complete the Indianapolis Marathon on 16 October 2010.
2. Taste 50 different wines by 2011.
   

The Plan

1.  To train for the marathon, we are going to following a plan by Hal Higdon.  The plan is 18 weeks long, but we are going to slightly more than double it to 38 weeks because we are super-novices.  We are starting tomorrow by... resting.  Sweet.  We expect this to be difficult but exceedingly rewarding.
2. The plan to taste 50 wines before the new year is to drink an average of just under 1 bottle of wine per week.  The key here is to not just consume the wine, but to taste it and remember it's characteristics so we can intelligently choose wines in the future.  For now, we will follow the About.com wine tasting guide.  We expect this to be both easy and rewarding.

We expect to have fun above all else.  Our intention for the blog is to keep a record of our progress and our thoughts as we proceed on this adventure.  Marathon updates should be posted roughly once per day and wine posts whenever we open a new bottle, roughly once per week.

If we run for our health, let us also drink to it. Cheers,
Phil and Niki

Progress Meter and Countdown
264 days until Indianapolis Marathon.
0 miles ran, 989 miles left to run.
(entry containing the training schedule explaining that number coming soon)

340 days until 2011.
2 wines tasted, 48 wines left to taste.
(entry on the 2 wines, a pinot noir and a merlot, coming soon)