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Quoted message said:

What would people recommend program wise?

Forget about times, and do some LSD runs. Then come back.

TBR

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The Bill Rodgers said:

Quoted message said:

What would people recommend program wise?

Forget about times, and do some LSD runs. Then come back.

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."
S**t list: Charlie Bendahoe, TBR imposter

A little good advice from Bill (I hate it when he does that!)

actually, you should try building up your running slowly. It's not
totally clear, but If I read your post right, you run 5days per week.
So you are at about 15-20 miles weekly. Start planning some races of
shorter distances. First 5k, then typical distances include 5mile, 10K,
10 mile, half marathon.

GOOGLE this group for discussion about starting a running program.
Don't jump onto a marathon plan right away. Learn to like running
first, because to do a marathon yu need to do a lot of training miles.

If you do end up truing to run the marathon just next year, Focus your
first marathon on just finishing the race. Don't worry about any goal
time.

Check the running FAQ for more details/ideas.
Ed

Ed Prochak said:

A little good advice from Bill (I hate it when he does that!)

Now I'm destined to do it more...

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."
S**t list: Charlie Bendahoe, TBR imposter

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I started running again in the end of June. I run 2 days then take the
third day off. I'm running ~3.6 miles in between 34:30 to 36:30 for
time. I have decided that I will run the 2006 Chicago marathon and
want to be under 4 hours. What would people recommend program wise?

The good news is that you are giving yourself at least a
year to develop. There have been several posts here
from people starting running and wanting to do a 2005
marathon. They will keep some doctors well-funded.
I'd focous on your longest run which you will do every
other weekend between now and Oct 2006. Each such
long run should be 1/2 mile or five minutes longer.
That will get you up to 20 miles by then. Its so gradual
too as to decrease the chance of injury. I'd recommend
SLOWLY increasing the daily run too to about six
miles or so by spring 2006.