I registered for the Chicago Marathon in the first week that open registration, I learned from last year that spots fill up fast.

Next weekend I'll be starting my training for the Chicago Marathon, a bit apprehensive but this is something I've had as a goal for a long time.

I'll be using Jeff Galloway's plan for training this year: http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/marathon.html
I trained last year using Higdon's program http://www.halhigdon.com/marathon/Mar00index.htm but by the end of August (week 7 of the program) I wasn't able to get a bib for the race so I dropped my training at 12 miles for the long run.