Thinking about Rome...

This is the plan:

Marathon Training Schedule: Intermediate - I:
"Marathon Training Schedule: Novice 2
WeekMonTueWedThurFriSatSun
1rest3 m run5 m pace3 m runrest8cross
2rest3 m run5 m run3 m runrest9cross
3rest3 m run5 m pace3 m runrest6cross
4rest3 m run6 m pace3 m runrest11cross
5rest3 m run6 m run3 m runrest12cross
6rest3 m run6 m pace3 m runrest9cross
7rest4 m run7 m pace4 m runrest14cross
8rest4 m run7 m run4 m runrest15cross
9rest4 m run7 m pace4 m runrest11cross
10rest4 m run8 m pace4 m runrest17cross
11rest5 m run8 m run5 m runrest18cross
12rest5 m run8 m pace5 m runrest13cross
13rest5 m run5 m pace5 m runrest19cross
14rest5 m run8 m run5 m runrest12cross
15rest5 m run5 m pace5 m runrest20cross
16rest5 m run4 m pace5 m runrest12cross
17rest4 m run3 m run4 m runrest8cross
18rest3 m run2 m runrestrest2 m runMarathon"

Monday will mark the beginning of the 18 week training program for the Rome marathon. It begins with a Rest Day. How fun! Today though, Eric and I are planning on doing some running, hopefully more on that later.

I'm hoping to resume blogging on such mundane things as the weather and how my body feels and who else encounter out there. This idea of running a marathon in the spring and training for it over the winter began with the idea that 1) I want to do triathlons in the summer and so don't want to train for a marathon and 2) someday Eric and I would like to do an (heaven forbid I'm jinxing it) but an Ironman. Someday. While Eric has done 3 marathons, I have not done any and one must run a marathon or two BEFORE they swim/bike/run an Ironman. And last year we ran through the winter, driven by the novelty and the...oh, well, the challenge and adventure of doing something we thought a little ridiculous: running miles through slush and snow, crawling up bridges covered with ice, sliding down the other side. But this year, perhaps we need something more than just the challenge of "can we run through the winter? outdoors?" to get us outside, because we know we can.

Some runs I expect to be noteworthy: The 11 mile run will be on my 30th birthday. The 15 mile run will be the day after Eric's 29th birthday. Comparing last winter's temperature stats and this year's marathon plan puts the 18 mile run on what may be expected to be the coldest weekend of the year, ALSO the second weekend of a Thai Yoga Massage Therapy program I'll be attending, so it'll be challenge enough just to find the time for it. My 12 mile taper run is expected to be in Paris, France and my 8 mile taper run in Milan, Italy. And, of course, the marathon itself will be in Rome, Italy. Roma, Italia!

Yea. Okay, time to head out for my last pre-season run. (Sorry, Eric, I'm running late writing this...)