OK, decision is made, I train for the Polar Bear Grand Prix, and when it's over, I'll make a decision about a spring marathon. KY Derby is 11 weeks after the last race in the PBGP, so I can almost do a short Pfitzinger cycle after that. With the winter training it should be good enough.

Here is my training schedule for the PBGP. We start weeks on Sundays.

Phase I: 12/10
Phase II: 12/31
  Frostbite 5K: 01/13
Phase IV: 01/21
  Snowman Shuffle: 02/10

For Phase I, I just easy runs to ramp up the mileage. Tentative plan is to run 50 (12.5 + 5 x 7.5), 55 (13.75 + 5 x 8.25), and 60 (15 + 5 x 9) miles a week.