Day -1

It rained today, and still I ran. That's a good sign for the training to come. Laura headed off this morning to perform her captainly duties for TNT, and Zo and I stayed warm and dry in the bed. By the time the weather began to improve, Laura was headed back from the 'hooch and looking for a running partner. We ran an easy 3.5+ miles in the drizzle and enjoyed it the whole way. And when we returned, Laura put me through a modified introductory Pilates workout. Indeed, this bodes well.

I'm picking up a different training program this time 'round. For my past couple of marathons, I've used a version of the Furman Institute's FIRST program. Especially for the first couple, when I was still traveling every week for a living, I found this program worked very well for me. But once I began working from home, I found it difficult to get into the routine that I find necessary to support consistent training. So I'm attempting a different training program for the ING. While rooting through my boxes of books the other day, I came across a book I'd bought prior to my first marathon back in '05. This program is similar to the FIRST program but is clearer about getting in work at least 5 days a week. I think that consistent training at shorter distances (except the weekend runs) will serve me well. Time will tell. And as I suggested a couple of days ago, this blog is likely to be a good indication....

If all goes well, I'll outline my schedule a bit more here in the coming days. But tomorrow's a rest day, and I plan to do just that.