trainingplan

17 weeks till race day. The Seattle Marathon is a Boston Marathon qualifier. Of course you must come in under specific times designated for your age group. For me to qualify for the Boston I would have to run the Seattle Marathon in 3:10 or less. Given that this is my first Marathon I’ll just do my best and see what happens. Originally I was thinking as long as I come in under 4 hours I would be happy. Now that I have been looking around the web for various training schedules I’m convinced I should be able to beat 3:45. Like I said including this week I have 17 weeks till race day, Nov 30th at 8:15 a.m. the Seattle Marathon will commence. I have started as of yesterday using the 14 week Boston Marathon training program. I will start on level 1 for my first Marathon and see where that gets me in terms of times level of enjoyment. The commitment is huge and really daunting so I will just take each day at a time. I’m on day two of the new program I am following and look forward to completeing this week with 41 miles under my belt for this training regime. I’ve taped a color print out of the Seattle Marathon course map to my mirror in my bathroom. I want this race to be on my mind first thing in the morning every morning.