I think I've done a really bad thing: The week of December 21st

This past week I managed to exercise twice: one was a really nice 5k run. The other was a 5 mile run with the one minute walk breaks throughout after every 5 minutes of running. I'm going to be doing all of my longer runs that way now, given my propensity for injury.

As for my "really bad thing"... well, I signed up for UW-Madison's online marathon training class. It begins January 20th and goes through May 19th. How in the world they can train you for a marathon in 16 weeks is beyond me. But, I thought I would go along for the ride, so to speak and at least see what additional resources they have. The training ends on the weekend of the Madison Marathon, which is the same weekend as Syttende Mai. I'm NOT doing the Madison Marathon but am going to stick with Syttende Mai. The class description said you can use the program to train for shorter distances as well--anything from a 5K to a marathon, so I'll shoot for the 17 mile Syttende Mai.

I've decided for training purposes I really like the Jeff Galloway book-- which takes a 26 week approach. That being said, I have quite a shift to make towards being active 6 days a week....