Marathon Training- say what?!

Well, clearly I didn't keep my plan to write every week. :-) I kind of went into a depression after my pre-diabetes diagnosis and I quit following the elimination diet as well as I had been. So, I have gained back a couple of pounds but still doing well overall. I was following the Hanson's Marathon plan with the 30K as my goal race on March 5th. Then I decided to be crazy and run the Phoenix Marathon with Annie! It is February 27th which is in 7 1/2 weeks. Jeff had bought me a Garmin 620 watch for Christmas and it reinvigorated my running! I had a 15 miler that went awesome so I decided that I will do this. My plan will be to use it as a "practice" marathon so I can try to figure out the nutrition.  That sounds crazy, but I really think it is the only way for me to learn what works. I can do just fine up to 18-20 miles but I can't quite figure out the last 6. My hope is to PR, but no matter what I want to learn something! :-)

My training has been going well. I have been doing the speedwork much faster than before because I was training for a half. We will see how the half goes first and then I will make goals.