On the first Sunday in November, I will be running the NYC Marathon! Today is day 1 of the 18 week training program I am going to use to train. I have modified a schedule from the NYRR.ORG site for a casual marathoner starting with a 20-ish mile per week base and will follow this schedule for the next 18 weeks:
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Marathon Training Schedule |
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sat | Sun | Total | ||
| Base Week | off | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6M bike | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | |
| 4-Jul | 1 | off | 4 | 4 | 4 | off | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 11-Jul | 2 | off | 4 | 4 | 4 | off | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 18-Jul | 3 | off | 4 | 4 | 4 | off | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 25-Jul | 4 | off | 4 | 4 | 4 | off | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 1-Aug | 5 | off | 4 | 4 | 4 | off | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 8-Aug | 6 | off | 4 | 5 | 4 | off | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 15-Aug | 7 | off | 4 | 4 | 4 | off | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 22-Aug | 8 | off | 5 | 5 | 4 | off | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 29-Aug | 9 | off | 4 | 4 | 4 | off | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 5-Sep | 10 | off | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 35 |
| 12-Sep | 11 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | off | 18 | off | 37 |
| 19-Sep | 12 | 5 | 6 | off | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 39 |
| 26-Sep | 13 | off | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | off | 40 |
| 3-Oct | 14 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | off | 12 | 6 | 39 |
| 10-Oct | 15 | off | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | off | 36 |
| 17-Oct | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | off | 15 | 3 | 33 |
| 24-Oct | 17 | off | 5 | 4 | 5 | off | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| 31-Oct | 18 | off | 4 | 4 | 4 | off | 2 | 26.2 | 14+race |