Craig's 2002 LA Marathon Training Plan
This was my training plan leading up the 2002 LA Marathon. The first 4 weeks were already completed prior to putting together the plan, so the plan for those weeks matches the actual training instead of a planned ideal. The last 6 weeks fell apart a little more than it looks like here due to a rough work schedule and lot of stress. The result of this was I never got to the point of working on turnover, and an overly aggressive early pace in the race put me into no-mans-land and I blew up and dropped out at 30K.
| Week End | Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Total | Actual |
| 10/14/01 | 1 easy | 1 easy | --- | --- | --- | 2 mod | 2 mod | 6 miles | 6 miles |
| 10/21/01 | 2 easy | 2 mod | --- | --- | 3 easy | 5K hard | 3 easy | 13 miles | 13 miles |
| 10/28/01 | 2 easy | 5 track | --- | 4 easy | 2 easy | 5K hard | 4 easy | 22 miles | 22 miles |
| 11/4/01 | 6 mod | --- | 6 easy | 6 mod | 4 easy | 4 x mile | 6 easy | 34 miles | 34 miles |
| 11/11/01 | 6 easy | 7 tempo | 4 easy | 6 mod | 4 easy | 5 x mile | 8 easy | 42 miles | 44 miles |
| 11/18/01 | 6 easy | 8 tempo | 6 easy | 8 mod | 6 easy | 6 x mile | 8 easy | 51 miles | 51 miles |
| 11/25/01 | 6 easy | 9 tempo | 6 easy | 9 tempo | 6 easy | 6 x mile | 10 easy | 56 miles | 56 miles |
| 12/2/01 | 6 easy | 4am + 6 mod pm | 6 easy | 4am + 6 mod pm | 6 easy | 6 x mile | 10 easy | 59 miles | 62 miles |
| 12/9/01 | 6 easy | 4am + 7 mod pm | 4am + 5 easy pm | 4am + 7 mod pm | 6 easy | 6 x mile | 12 easy | 66 miles | 76 miles |
| 12/16/01 | 4am + 5 easy pm | 4am + 7 mod pm | 4am + 5 easy pm | 4am + 7 mod pm | 4am + 5 easy pm | 6 x mile | 12 easy | 72 miles | 68 miles |
| 12/23/01 | 4am + 5 easy pm | 4am + 8 mod pm | 4am + 5 easy pm | 4am + 8 mod pm | 4am + 5 easy pm | 6 x mile | 14 easy | 77 miles | 80 miles |
| 12/30/01 | 4am + 5 easy pm | 4am + 9 track pm | 4am + 6 easy pm | 4am + 9 mod pm | 4am + 5 easy pm | 6 x mile | 14 easy | 80 miles | 84 miles |
| 1/6/02 | 4am + 6 easy pm | 4am + 9 track pm | 4am + 6 easy pm | 4am + 9 mod pm | 4am + 6 easy pm | 6 x mile | 16 easy | 84 miles | 90 miles |
| 1/13/02 | 4am + 6 easy pm | 4am + 10 track pm | 4am + 6 easy pm | 4am + 10 mod pm | 4am + 6 easy pm | 6 x mile | 14 easy | 84 miles | 89 miles |
| 1/20/02 | 4am + 6 easy pm | 4am + 10 track pm | 4am + 6 easy pm | 4am + 10 mod pm | 4am + 6 easy pm | 6 x mile | 18 easy | 88 miles | 94 miles |
| 1/27/02 | 4am + 6 easy pm | 5am + 10 track pm | 4am + 8 easy pm | 5am + 10 mod pm | 4am + 6 easy pm | 6 x mile | 16 easy | 90 miles | 73 miles |
| 2/3/02 | 5am + 6 easy pm | 5am + 10 track pm | 5am + 8 easy pm | 5am + 10 mod pm | 5am + 6 easy pm | 6 x mile | 20 easy | 97 miles | 81 miles |
| 2/10/02 | 5am + 7 easy pm | 5am + 10 track pm | 5am + 8 easy pm | 5am + 10 mod pm | 5am + 7 easy pm | 6 x mile | 16 easy | 95 miles | 66 miles |
| 2/17/02 | 5am + 7 easy pm | 5am + 10 track pm | 5am + 8 easy pm | 5am + 10 mod pm | 5am + 7 easy pm | 6 x mile | 20 easy | 99 miles | 86 miles |
| 2/24/02 | 4am + 6 easy pm | 4am + 10 track pm | 4am + 6 easy pm | 4am + 10 mod pm | 4am + 6 easy pm | 5 x mile | 14 easy | 84 miles | 35 miles |
| 3/3/02 | 7 easy | 10 pace | 8 easy | 6 easy | 4 easy | 3 easy | RACE | 65 miles | 41 miles |