St. Louis Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Training Program

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win." - Sir Roger Bannister

I have been looking for a marathon training program for the St. Louis Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. My goal is to qualify for the Boston Marathon, so I am going to have step it up.

I have settled on a modified Hal Higdon Advanced 2 training program. The program incorporates more than one twenty mile run, which I have found works well for me. I have added a second day of rest a week as I tend to need two days off a week for rest.

 Here are my plans to get me ready for the St. Louis Rock ‘n’ Roll and to qualify for the Boston Marathon:
The interval training will be Yasso 800’s run at a 3:30 pace. If you are not familiar with the Yasso   800, that means I will be running 800 meters in 3:30 and then jogging for 3:30.
Hill training will be done on the treadmill, as I live in a flat area. I use a plan that I found on Runner’s World that gradually works the treadmill up to an incline of 9.
Tempo runs will be run at an 8 min/mile pace.
Pace runs will be run at an 8 min/mile pace. I have the entire month of May and most of June to do speed work and some hill work.
I am not signing up for the Evansville Half Marathon. If I find in October that I am satisfied with my conditioning level, at that time I can go ahead and sign up for the Evansville Half.

Following is my training program:

St. Louis Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Training Program

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	June 24 Rest	3 x hill	3 m run	30 tempo	5 m pace	Rest	June 30 10
2	July 1 Rest	30 tempo	3 m run	3 m pace	5 m run	Rest	July 7 11
3	July 8 Rest	4 x 800	3 m run	30 tempo	6 m pace	Rest	July 14 8
4	July 15 Rest	4 x hill	3 m run	35 tempo	6 m pace	Rest	July 21 13
5	July 22 Rest	35 tempo	3 m run	3 m pace	7 m run	Rest	July 28 14
6	July 29 Rest	5 x 800	3 m run	35 tempo	7 m pace	Rest	Aug 4 10
7	Aug 5 Rest	5 x hill	4 m run	40 tempo	8 m pace	Rest	Aug 11 16
8	Aug 12 Rest	40 tempo	4 m run	3 m pace	8 m run	Rest	Aug 18 17
9	Aug 19 Rest	6 x 800	4 m run	40 tempo	Rest	Rest	Aug 25 Half Marathon
10	Aug 26 Rest	6 x hill	4 m run	45 tempo	9 m pace	Rest	Sept 1 19
11	Sept 2 Rest	45 tempo	5 m run	4 m pace	10 m run	Rest	Sept 8 20
12	Sept 9 Rest	7 x 800	5 m run	45 tempo	6 m pace	Rest	Sept 15 12
13	Sept 16 Rest	7 x hill	5 m run	50 tempo	10 m pace	Rest	Sept 22 22
14	Sept 23 Rest	45 tempo	5 m run	5 m pace	6 m run	Rest	Sept 29 12
15	Sept 30 Rest	8 x 800	5 m run	40 tempo	10 m pace	Rest	Oct 6 22
16	Oct 7 Rest	6 x hill	5 m run	30 tempo	4 m pace	Rest	Oct 13 12
17	Oct 14 Rest	30 tempo	4 m run	4 m pace	4 m run	Rest	Oct 20 8
18	Oct 21 Rest	4 x 400	3 m run	Rest	2 m run	Rest	Oct 27 Marathon

What do you think of my training program?
Any suggestions or constructive criticisms?