| Marty's Winter Running Plan | ||||||
| Week of | Week from marathon | Mileage goal | Key workout | Race | Projected M (race) pace | Comments |
| 13-Oct | 14 | 45 | 12 w 3mile sub-threshold in middle | UCF 5 miler | 5:50 | no hard efforts, tempo the race |
| 20-Oct | 13 | 52 | 14 miler | --- | 6:30 | MSS work |
| 27-Oct | 12 | 60 | 15 miler | --- | 6:30 | MSS work |
| 03-Nov | 11 | 55 | 13 w 3 sub-LT in middle | Celebration 10k | 5:50 | tempo the race |
| 10-Nov | 10 | 65 | 17 miler mid-week | --- | 6:20 | MSS work |
| 17-Nov | 9 | 60 | 2 x MSS 10 miler | Paul Debruyn 30k | 6:30 | use race as long run |
| 24-Nov | 8 | 55 | 14 mile with 4 LT | Space Coast Half | 6:20 | tempo the race |
| 01-Dec | 7 | 65 | race | OUC Half | 6:00 | race at LT |
| 08-Dec | 6 | 70 | MSS 15 miler | clearwater or jax half (maybe) | 6:15 | tempo the race |
| 15-Dec | 5 | 60 | 20 miler | --- | 6:40 | marathon pace long run |
| 22-Dec | 4 | 75 | 18 miler | 5 or 10k if possible | 5:45 | a little LT speedwork |
| 29-Dec | 3 | 80 | 21miler | --- | 6:35 | marathon pace long run |
| 05-Jan | 2 | 55 | 17 with race tempo | --- | 6:30 | peak week |
| 12-Jan | 1 | 50 | 12 miler | Park Ave 5k | 17:05 | peak week |
| 19-Jan | 0 | 40 | taper | Hops Marathon | 2:53 | |
| 26-Jan | --- | 20 | recovery | --- | ||