I'll be doing the Jax Bank Marathon in Mid December, I've done this the last two years 15 min. improvement last year(got it under 4 hrs last year). I've arranged my triathlon schedule so as to leave about 7 (out of a 18 week plan) weeks of dedicated marathon training. Felt like and it has worked the past two years that I had enough base to drop into a marathon plan. I've gone with Higdon's novice plan simply a mileage plan. I'm on the same program this year, Miami 70.3 on Oct. 30th, a little recovery and then get to it.

So we'll see if it works out again.