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A New Challenge, The Istanbul Marathon…

Well, after a disastous last week, in which there is practically nothing that did not break down and need fixing, including me… I have decided to submit myself to training for my second marathon. This is my solution to having to fix me of course. Over weight and irrate… Not a good combination. So, 16 weeks of training and losing weight. Bellow is a copy of the training prog I plan to follow. It is actually the intermediate program on the Runners World Site. I won’t be running the whole thing though… more of a run/walk deal for me. I also plan to lose some weight while I’m at it. Hopefully somewhere between .7 Kg to 1 Kg a week. The low end figure is something I can do for sure, but with the added training I hope to achieve the higher end.

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align="left"><strong>R/XT</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>10 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>10 EZ</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">2</td> <td align="right">24.07</td> <td align="right">25.07</td> <td align="right">26.07</td> <td align="right">27.07</td> <td align="right">28.07</td> <td align="right">29.07</td> <td align="right">30.07</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R/XT</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>11 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>5 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>11 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>11 EZ</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">3</td> <td align="right">31.07</td> <td align="right">01.08</td> <td align="right">02.08</td> <td align="right">03.08</td> <td align="right">04.08</td> <td align="right">05.08</td> <td align="right">06.08</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R/XT</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>11 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>10 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>14 LSD</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">4</td> <td align="right">07.08</td> <td align="right">08.08</td> <td align="right">09.08</td> <td align="right">10.08</td> <td align="right">11.08</td> <td align="right">12.08</td> <td align="right">13.08</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>5 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>8 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R/XT</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>10 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>13 LSD</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">5</td> <td align="right">14.08</td> <td align="right">15.08</td> <td align="right">16.08</td> <td align="right">17.08</td> <td align="right">18.08</td> <td align="right">19.08</td> <td align="right">20.08</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>10 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R/XT</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>8 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>11 T</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>16 LSD</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">6</td> <td align="right">21.08</td> <td align="right">22.08</td> <td align="right">23.08</td> <td align="right">24.08</td> <td align="right">25.08</td> <td align="right">26.08</td> <td align="right">27.08</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>11 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R </strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>13 T</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>19 LSD</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">7</td> <td align="right">28.08</td> <td align="right">29.08</td> <td align="right">30.08</td> <td align="right">31.08</td> <td align="right">01.09</td> <td align="right">02.09</td> <td align="right">03.09</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>5 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>11 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R </strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>14 T</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>22 LSD</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">8</td> <td align="right">04.09</td> <td align="right">05.09</td> <td align="right">06.09</td> <td align="right">07.09</td> <td align="right">08.09</td> <td align="right">09.09</td> <td align="right">10.09</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>R/XT</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>14 T</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>16 RACE</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">9</td> <td align="right">11.09</td> <td align="right">12.09</td> <td align="right">13.09</td> <td align="right">14.09</td> <td align="right">15.09</td> <td align="right">16.09</td> <td align="right">17.09</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>5 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>10 EZ</strong></td> 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align="right">28.09</td> <td align="right">29.09</td> <td align="right">30.09</td> <td align="right">01.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>11 T</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R </strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>10 REP</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>5 EZ/XT</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>32 LSD</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">12</td> <td align="right">02.10</td> <td align="right">03.10</td> <td align="right">04.10</td> <td align="right">05.10</td> <td align="right">06.10</td> <td align="right">07.10</td> <td align="right">08.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>R </strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>14 T</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>11 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>21 RACE</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">13</td> <td align="right">09.10</td> <td align="right">10.10</td> <td align="right">11.10</td> <td align="right">12.10</td> <td align="right">13.10</td> <td align="right">14.10</td> <td align="right">15.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>5 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>8 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R </strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>11 T</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>8 EZ/XT</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>32 LSD</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">14</td> <td align="right">16.10</td> <td align="right">17.10</td> <td align="right">18.10</td> <td align="right">19.10</td> <td align="right">20.10</td> <td align="right">21.10</td> <td align="right">22.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>R </strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>8 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>11 T</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>6 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>5 EZ/XT</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>29 LSD</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" style="height: 16px">15</td> <td align="right">23.10</td> <td align="right">24.10</td> <td align="right">25.10</td> <td align="right">26.10</td> <td align="right">27.10</td> <td align="right">28.10</td> <td align="right">29.10</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="height: 16px"></td> <td align="left"><strong>8 EZ</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>8 REP</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R </strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>10 T</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>R</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>8 RACE</strong></td> <td align="left"><strong>13 EZ</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td 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