Marathon Training Program - Beginner
Assumes   3 months running experience with a base of 15 miles per week
                   
  Week  Sat - Week Ending Date Sun Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Total Miles
                              B  A  S  E         B  U  I  L  D  I  N  G 18 6/18/2005 Rest 2 4 2 4 Rest
or X-train		 6 18 33%
17 6/25/2005 Rest 2 4 2 4 Rest
or X-train		 7 19 37%
16 7/2/2005 Rest 2 5 2 4 Rest
or X-train		 8 21 38%
15 7/9/2005 Rest 2 5 2 5 Rest
or X-train		 9 23 39%
14 7/16/2005 Rest 3 5 3 5 Rest
or X-train		 10 26 38%
13 7/23/2005 Rest 3 6 3 5 Rest
or X-train		 11 28 39%
12 7/30/2005 Rest 3 6 3 6 Rest
or X-train		 12 30 40%
11 8/6/2005 Rest 3 6 3 6 Rest
or X-train		 13 31 42%
10 8/13/2005 Rest 3 6 3 6 Rest
or X-train		 14 32 44%
9 8/20/2005 Rest 4 6 4 6 Rest
or X-train		 12 32 38%
8 8/27/2005 Rest 4 7 4 7 Rest
or X-train		 16 38 42%
7 9/3/2005 Rest 4 8 4 8 Rest
or X-train		 12 36 33%
6 9/10/2005 Rest 4 8 4 8 Rest
or X-train		 18 42 43%
5 9/17/2005 Rest 4 8 4 8 Rest
or X-train		 12 36 33%
  4 9/24/2005 Rest 4 8 4 8 Rest
or X-train		 20 44 45%
Sharpening 3 10/1/2005 Rest 4 4P 4 8 Rest
or X-train		 14 30 47%
Tapering 2 10/8/2005 Rest 4 4P 4 6 Rest
or X-train		 8 22 36%
1 10/15/2005 Rest 4 2 2+ 2+ Rest
or X-train		 Race 36.2
  + = Carbohydrate Load
P = Pace Runs consist of:
1 mile wamup
4 intervals of 100M run and 100M walk
4 intervals of 200M run 200M jog
A Pace run of 1.5 miles at marathon goal pace
1 Mile cooldown