At the end of the day.....

[Albert T Bouchard]

Dear PiTS:

>        If one were to actual train for the marathon, starting from a
>sedentary lifestyle, what sort of recommendations would you give?

Regularity of training schedule is important. It's better to run more days
(six days @ three miles a day is better than running 20 miles once a week).
Keep a running log of you mileage, time, notable experiences. It will make
things more interesting and if you get an injury you will be able to figure
out what happened easier. Keeping a diary is a fun thing to do anyway.

Don't increase over 10% in any week. Start slowly running a block a day for
four days. The next week do a block a day for three days,  and a block and
a half the last day. Next week three one block days, one two block day etc.
The main thing is to have fun with it and not to hurt yourself. Good Luck
Al