Marathon training thread - week ending 1/30

Georgia half marathon: March 20

Pittsburgh marathon: May 15. No idea what my goal time is (see below)

Week was nearly straight out of Pfitzinger 55-70:

M - 3 am easy treadmill / bit of exercise bike + lifting pm

T - 9.8 (7:53) with 7x100 strides. Snowy.

W - 14 (7:29). Wet, slushy snow. Kinda sucked.

H - 5.6 TM (7:55), 7x100 treadmill strides at end. pm: lifting

F - 11 (7:21)

Sa - 5.2 (9:18 w/company)

Su - 18.1 (7:22, felt great)

Total: ~67

I'm coming out of hibernation after five years of putting away calories for the winter. I'm kind of an endurance diletante - I raced a bit on the cycling team in grad school, half-assed triathlon before that, mostly recreational jogging before that up to about 40 miles per week, and a mountain biker before that, etc. :-) So...

This week is a bit of a bump up for me - last week was about 60. What I'm curious about: If my goal is to run my lifetime best marathon some time, say, two years from now... should I stick with the full Pfitzinger plan to train for the Pittsburgh marathon, or stay in base/mileage building mode, get up to 80-90mpw and just run the race off of that?

Amazingly, this is the first time I remember this happening. We have two threads started. More people had found the other, so this has been cut copied/pasted to there.

Amazingly, this is the first time I remember this happening. We have two threads started. More people had found the other, so this has been cut copied/pasted to there.