I used Runner's World to figure out my training plan. They have a pretty cool tool on their website that lets you put in all of the statistics for a race, and it gives you a good training plan. That worked well for me for my first Boston qualifying race (Florida Gulf Coast Marathon 3:12 or so), the Boston and Marine Corps Marathons, so why change up. It is called Smart Coach (http://www.runnersworld.com/channel/0,7119,s6-238-0-0-0,00.html?cm_re=HP-_-Homepage%20Channel-_-Training) and is really easy to use.
I am on about week 6, this week is a taper down week for me, four 8 mile runs. Next week I get back onto the speed and long distance plan. Yesterday's run was a very pleasant run, except I misjudged my route a bit and ended up running an extra 1.5 miles. No big deal, I ran on my favorite stretch of Longstreet going up the a set of hills I call the sisters (I have two sisters, and when we were younger, it was a little difficult to get along with them. Things have improved since then, a lot.) As I was running, Tim, a friend from work saw me and honked and waved. I really like it when folks do that, kind of breaks up the run a bit.
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