I know it looks like a long hefty schedule . . . but trust me when I say that it's worth it. Picture training for 18 weeks ... getting into the best shape of your life... now imagine 4 or so hours of people non-stop cheering for you. That's just a tiny taste of running a marathon. And if it works in your schedule, once you get that first taste, you'll just keep coming back for more. I am sad to say this is only my second marathon, but it definitely won't be my last. If you are going to take on this big goal, please let me know... I'm going to be updating this blog at least once a week with my training progress, so feel free to ask any questions about training or the marathon or any of the races and I can do the research for you! Who knows, maybe you'll spark an idea for a full spot on KDLT. This schedule above is the recommended routine to stick to, but since my job doesn't give me the weekends off (thus that whole . . . weekend meteorologist thing) 
So since my off-days are on Monday and Tuesday, I moved the training schedule around on Excel, so my longer runs fall on my weekends. Feel free to do this to work out for your schedule as well. Stay tuned for the first week of training post - I'm guessing I'll be a bit exhausted :) The good kind though - can't wait for that runners high to return.~Jesse Ritka
P.S. If you click on either training schedule you can view a larger version to print off.
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