Training Program

My sister-in-law (who is running the marathon with me) sent me a marathon training schedule for novices. I think it's probably a good idea for my first marathon. It is an 18-week program so I'll need to start it the second week of February. I still struggle to run daily but I think I will be more motivated when the training schedule begins.
I talked to a fellow student in my MCOM320 class who tried out for the BYU cross-country team. He sounds like a very serious runner and has ran a mile in 4:30. So he is fast too. He told me he ran his first marathon last year and I asked him how it went. He response, "It was so so hard. Just really hard. It hurts a lot." #howencouraging
http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=2440
(link to training schedule)