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Originally Posted by FarrahWaters
So, I guess I will try doing a 15k in September, and maybe go for the marathon in February. Any ideas of what kind of workout to do in the meantime? The marathon schedule is 16 weeks long, and the actual race is 28 weeks away.
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My recommendation to fill the 12 weeks before starting full training would be to follow a half marathon training plan. You may not end it with a race, but it'll give you an outline, and the long runs at the end of the half plan roughly correspond to the long runs at the start of the full plan. You'll be ready to dive right in. If you only want to run three days a week, just drop 1 or 2 of the workouts and do something else.
Hal Higdon's got a good half plan that's exactly 12 weeks.
http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/inter.htm
For the last six weeks of it, I'd probably drop 3-4 miles from each of the weekend long runs, so you're not burned out when it's time to start the full plan. Maybe even drop a mile or two from the shorter runs, as well.