fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two, and fifty-three (and Commitment)

3 in 19:15

4 in 30:00

4 in 31:00

3.5 in 24:00

(Warm up + Cool down + 2 in 12:00)

Well, I have outlined my 20 week training plan and it looks roughly like this 

-3 weeks at 35 miles each

-rest week

3 weeks at 40 miles each

-rest week

3 weeks at 45 miles each

-rest week

(are you seeing a pattern?)

-3 weeks at 50 miles each

-rest week

-2 weeks at 55 miles each

-2 week taper

My long runs will start with a 12 miler, on the first weekend. I'll run one every other week, adding 2 miles each time. So 12, 14, 16, 18, 20

I'll get at least 2 20 milers in and hopefully a long of 22-24 in early september

The only thing left was the commitment part, so I went ahead and registered for the Denver Marathon, Oct. 18th. 2009.

Pretty excited. I can't have those 98 dollars (including online service charge) go to waste. 

I'll finish out the week with a couple of short runs and then get this thing started on Sunday!