I am following a 20 week training plan created by Charm City Run, an awesome running store in the Baltimore area.
We run together on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tuesdays are a mixture of speed work, hills and trail runs. Saturdays are long runs. Long runs vary in length from 8 to 20 + miles and take place at the NCR trail, Loch Raven Resevoir, Baltimore City and Timonium, MD. Running with a group makes the length so much more bearable. I don't know if I would have the nerve to say, "oh, I think I will run 20 miles this morning" all on my own! I would talk myself out of it before starting.
On Mondays, I run with Back on My Feet. Back on My Feet is a non-profit organization that helps those who are homeless through running and team work. I have run with BoMF for the past few months (Team McVet) and am impressed by the positivity of the group. I plan to continue running with them when the marathon is over!
This leaves me with a Sunday walk/jog/run and a Thursday tempo run on my own. Wednesday is cross-training and I prefer swimming laps or yoga. Friday is off and, in my opinion, the best day of the week. It's a great schedule and I love knowing exactly what is necessary each day!
| Day | Date | Workout | Actual Miles Completed |
| Saturday | 18-Jun | Long Run 8 | 10 |
| Sunday | 19-Jun | 20 mins easy | 20 min walk |
| Monday | 20-Jun | Base Miles 3 | 4 |
| Tuesday | 21-Jun | Track - 2 Mile time trial | 5 |
| Wednesday | 22-Jun | OFF or X-Train | 1 mile swim |
| Thursday | 23-Jun | Tempo Run (3 miles) | 0 |
| Friday | 24-Jun | OFF | 10 |
| Saturday | 25-Jun | Long Run 9 | 1 mile swim |
| Sunday | 26-Jun | 20 mins easy | 0 |
| Monday | 27-Jun | Base Miles 3 | 3 |
| Tuesday | 28-Jun | Track | 0-sick |
| Wednesday | 29-Jun | OFF or X-Train | 0-sick |
| Thursday | 30-Jun | Tempo Run (3 miles) | 0-sick |
| Friday | 1-Jul | OFF | 0 |
| Saturday | 2-Jul | Long Run 10 | 11.25 |
| Sunday | 3-Jul | 20 mins easy | 20 min walk |
| Monday | 4-Jul | Base Miles 3 | 3 |
| Tuesday | 5-Jul | Track | 5 |
| Wednesday | 6-Jul | OFF or X-Train | 1 mile swim |
| Thursday | 7-Jul | Tempo Run (4 miles) | 4 |
| Friday | 8-Jul | OFF | 0 |
| Saturday | 9-Jul | Long Run 8 | 8 |
| Sunday | 10-Jul | 20 mins easy | 20 min walk |
| Monday | 11-Jul | Base Miles 3 | 3 |
| Tuesday | 12-Jul | Track | 5.5 |
| Wednesday | 13-Jul | OFF or X-Train | 0 |
| Thursday | 14-Jul | Tempo Run (4 miles) | 5 |
| Friday | 15-Jul | OFF | 0 |
| Saturday | 16-Jul | Long Run 11 | 12 |
| Sunday | 17-Jul | 20 mins easy | 20 min walk |
| Monday | 18-Jul | Base Miles 3 | 2.5 |
| Tuesday | 19-Jul | Hills | 4.5 |
| Wednesday | 20-Jul | OFF or X-Train | 500 yard swim |
| Thursday | 21-Jul | Tempo Run (5 miles) | 5 |
| Friday | 22-Jul | OFF | 0 |
| Saturday | 23-Jul | Long Run 12 | 14 |
| Sunday | 24-Jul | 20 mins easy | 20 min walk |
| Monday | 25-Jul | Base Miles 3 | 3.5 |
| Tuesday | 26-Jul | Trail Run | 5.5 |
| Wednesday | 27-Jul | OFF or X-Train | 0 |
| Thursday | 28-Jul | Tempo Run (5 miles) | 5 |
| Friday | 29-Jul | OFF | 0 |
| Saturday | 30-Jul | Long Run 13 | 14 |
| Sunday | 31-Jul | 20 mins easy | 20 min walk |
| Monday | 1-Aug | Base Miles 3 | 3 |
| Tuesday | 2-Aug | Track | 6.5 |
| Wednesday | 3-Aug | OFF or X-Train | off |
| Thursday | 4-Aug | Tempo Run (5 miles) | 10 |
| Friday | 5-Aug | OFF | 6 |
| Saturday | 6-Aug | Long Run 10 | 0 (ben out of town-3 days) |
| Sunday | 7-Aug | 25 mins easy | 0 |
| Monday | 8-Aug | Base Miles 3 | 0 |
| Tuesday | 9-Aug | Track | 7.5 |
| Wednesday | 10-Aug | OFF or X-Train | 0 |
| Thursday | 11-Aug | Tempo Run (6 miles) | 6 |
| Friday | 12-Aug | OFF | 0 |
| Saturday | 13-Aug | Long Run 14 | |
| Sunday | 14-Aug | 25 mins easy | |
| Monday | 15-Aug | Base Miles 3 | |
| Tuesday | 16-Aug | Trail Run | |
| Wednesday | 17-Aug | OFF or X-Train | |
| Thursday | 18-Aug | Tempo Run (6 miles) | |
| Friday | 19-Aug | OFF | |
| Saturday | 20-Aug | Long Run 16 | |
| Sunday | 21-Aug | 25 mins easy | |
| Monday | 22-Aug | Base Miles 4 | |
| Tuesday | 23-Aug | Hills | |
| Wednesday | 24-Aug | OFF or X-Train | |
| Thursday | 25-Aug | Tempo Run (6 miles) | |
| Friday | 26-Aug | OFF | |
| Saturday | 27-Aug | Long Run 12 | |
| Sunday | 28-Aug | 25 mins easy | |
| Monday | 29-Aug | Base Miles 4 | |
| Tuesday | 30-Aug | Track | |
| Wednesday | 31-Aug | OFF or X-Train | |
| Thursday | 1-Sep | Tempo Run (7 miles) | |
| Friday | 2-Sep | OFF | |
| Saturday | 3-Sep | Long Run 18 | |
| Sunday | 4-Sep | 25 mins easy | |
| Monday | 5-Sep | Base Miles 4 | |
| Tuesday | 6-Sep | Track | |
| Wednesday | 7-Sep | OFF or X-Train | |
| Thursday | 8-Sep | Tempo Run (7 miles) | |
| Friday | 9-Sep | OFF | |
| Saturday | 10-Sep | Long Run 10 | |
| Sunday | 11-Sep | 25 mins easy | |
| Monday | 12-Sep | Base Miles 4 | |
| Tuesday | 13-Sep | Track - 2 Mile time trial | |
| Wednesday | 14-Sep | OFF or X-Train | |
| Thursday | 15-Sep | Tempo Run (7 miles) | |
| Friday | 16-Sep | OFF | |
| Saturday | 17-Sep | Long Run 19 | |
| Sunday | 18-Sep | 25 mins easy | |
| Monday | 19-Sep | Base Miles 4 | |
| Tuesday | 20-Sep | Track | |
| Wednesday | 21-Sep | OFF or X-Train | |
| Thursday | 22-Sep | Tempo Run (7 miles) | |
| Friday | 23-Sep | OFF | |
| Saturday | 24-Sep | Long Run 15 | |
| Sunday | 25-Sep | 30 mins easy | |
| Monday | 26-Sep | Base Miles 4 | |
| Tuesday | 27-Sep | Track | |
| Wednesday | 28-Sep | OFF or X-Train | |
| Thursday | 29-Sep | Tempo Run (7 miles) | |
| Friday | 30-Sep | OFF | |
| Saturday | 1-Oct | Long Run 20 | |
| Sunday | 2-Oct | 30 mins easy | |
| Monday | 3-Oct | Base Miles 5 | |
| Tuesday | 4-Oct | Track | |
| Wednesday | 5-Oct | OFF or X-Train | |
| Thursday | 6-Oct | Tempo Run (7 miles) | |
| Friday | 7-Oct | OFF | |
| Saturday | 8-Oct | Long Run 15 | |
| Sunday | 9-Oct | 30 mins easy | |
| Monday | 10-Oct | Base Miles 5 | |
| Tuesday | 11-Oct | Track | |
| Wednesday | 12-Oct | OFF or X-Train | |
| Thursday | 13-Oct | Tempo Run (7 miles) | |
| Friday | 14-Oct | OFF | |
| Saturday | 15-Oct | Long Run 20 | |
| Sunday | 16-Oct | 30 mins easy | |
| Monday | 17-Oct | Base Miles 5 | |
| Tuesday | 18-Oct | Track | |
| Wednesday | 19-Oct | OFF or X-Train | |
| Thursday | 20-Oct | Tempo Run (5 miles) | |
| Friday | 21-Oct | OFF | |
| Saturday | 22-Oct | Long Run 15 | |
| Sunday | 23-Oct | 25 mins easy | |
| Monday | 24-Oct | Base Miles 4 | |
| Tuesday | 25-Oct | Track | |
| Wednesday | 26-Oct | OFF or X-Train | |
| Thursday | 27-Oct | Tempo Run (5 miles) | |
| Friday | 28-Oct | OFF | |
| Saturday | 29-Oct | Long Run 10 | |
| Sunday | 30-Oct | 25 mins easy | |
| Monday | 31-Oct | Base Miles 3 | |
| Tuesday | 1-Nov | Base Miles 5 | |
| Wednesday | 2-Nov | OFF | |
| Thursday | 3-Nov | Tempo Run (3 miles) | |
| Friday | 4-Nov | OFF | |
| Saturday | 5-Nov | OFF or 30 mins easy | |
| Sunday | 6-Nov | Race Day! | New York |
