Training for Boston Already?

This week was the first week starting my training for Boston. Already?? I am using a plan from the Advanced Marathoning book by Pete Pfitzinger, specifically the 18 week plan that caps at 70 miles (18/70). I like the way the miles are distributed, instead of the mid-week miles being very similar in distance each day (the way I have usually trained), they vary a bit more. Some shorter runs are mixed with a longer aerobic/speed runs, and also a longer run. I hope I will like the variety! Another benefit is that Mark has also decided to train with the same plan. Even though our runs won't always match up, and of course his paces will be faster (especially on speed days) it will be nice to have him running the same workouts as me each week.

So far this week was an easy 5 miler, an 8 miler with 10 x 100 meter strides, and a mid-long run of 11 miles (um, I actually only did 10.3 today though because it was FREEZING and I had extra miles from Tuesday's strides). Thursday and Friday are both short runs (yay!) and a 15 mile run on Sunday. Of course, the first few weeks never look daunting, but I know it will get harder pretty soon...