Day 1: A New Beginning

So from my Google results this has been the first time this has been done, an 8 week intensive plan to get ready for a marathon. Right now I want to say that this may or may not happen, I have overcome much in the past and intend for it to happen now.

Alright, a quick overview of my background. I have run a few races from the Navy 5 miler to the Ragnar Relay, but never a full marathon (and it's been months since I've ran). I signed up for the Big Sur Marathon months ago, with full intent of training fully, but unfortunately that didn't work out. Now I have less than 8 weeks left and need to get this done.

The first major things that I need to drop are my two main vices:





Cigarettes: 1 pack a day











Alcohol: Not at a bad point. Still more than I should have daily though.








This starts tonight..following this the training plan will start tomorrow:

As no 8 week marathon training plan exists yet, this is the one I came up with: 8 Week Marathon Training Program

This may be modified in the near future to suit my schedule, changes will definitely be posted though.

It's time to start eating cleaner and getting down to business...let's get this going!!