As part of a challenge from my friend Jason Weiss from the Houston area, I'm training to do a marathon at the end of summer. Jason is training for the half-marathon. We're planning on competing in the Presque Isle event on September 9. It's been over ten years and 50 pounds since I ran a marathon, so the goal is only to finish with under the minimum pace of 12:00 minutes per mile. We've got multiple ways of tracking our progress, including the Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS with heart rate monitor and Nike Plus kit. Here's a live summary of the training miles for this year: