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I've circled the 2009 National Capital Marathon on my calendar.

I'm training now, using a slightly modified version of Hal Hidgon's Novice marathon plan. I'm changing one run per week into a tempo or race pace run, and instead of running 3 days in a row mid week I'm going to put an extra rest day in.

It's too early to say whether this is a realistic goal, but I should know more in a couple weeks - I have a 15 km run this weekend, 16 km next.

Assuming I manage to complete the training, I'm going to use a conservative time goal, probably around 4:15.