I Need a Plan

So normally I have things all planned out. Races and training schedules are my speciality. This year I have participated in creating plenty of training plans for others. For myself, not so much. I did register for the Surfside Marathon immediately after the Houston lottery, so I was sure to get into a winter race. But I have done a whole lot of nothing ever since.

In my mind since my race is later than Eric's and since I 'just' gave birth, I've still got time. But my race is only 4 weeks after Eric's and the thing is, I know Eric has been training for more than 4 weeks, we made his training plan back when I was still pregnant and Camden is nearly 8 weeks old now. I guess that means I am at least two months behind schedule. Seriously, my marathon is less than 16 weeks away! It's time to get a plan, already! I have several 16 week plans, all of which assume I have a base and am not starting from taking the last 6+ months off, sigh. Well at least I have a few things going for me:

• It's finally fall weather
• I can switch to the half marathon (though I really don't want to)
• I will definitely not be trying for a PR
• I don't have a time goal, I don't have a time goal, I don't have a time goal (if I say it enough I will believe it, right?)
• I can run anytime, day or night, since I'm awake so often and have no job in the way currently
• And best of all, this is my training companion....