LSD base training schedule?

Pick up any marathon training book. Galloway, Higdon are great.

http://www.marathontraining.com/marathon/m_mile.html

Do you have the time to join a marathon training group in your area? I think they're wonderful.

Edit: I assumed you were talking about running, and I mean to adapt a marathon program to meet your needs, not necessarily running a marathon. And I know you're just trying to boost your Tri Talk post count

autumn - 2006-10-25 11:25 AM am not!! actually, i am thinking about doing a marathon next june. am looking at this one right now: http://www.trifuel.com/triathlon/run/tip-for-runners-base-phase-001... and then followed with this: http://www.halhigdon.com/marathon/inter1.htmli have another hal higdon book, but not marathon s-ecific, and also the non-runners marathon book.

Just look over them, look at other books. Find a program and schedule that works for YOU!! Different programs work for different people; thats why there are so many theories and plans. Find one and go with it. 

you may now go to the bathroom.

For now, I'd just gradually build your volume.  I don't think you need to do a long run much over 2:00 until you are into your marathon program (and I thin you're already at that point, right?).  Add as much frequency as you can into your schedule.  Maybe you cut back your long run to 1:30 for awhile and add in an extra day of running for 0:30.  Gradually extend some/all of your runs (10% rule is good) and add in another day when you're ready (and if your schedule allows).

Once your volume stabilizes, add in some tempo.  You can do this as it's own run or insert it into your long run.  Gradually (again), extend the duration of your tempo running.  Also do some strides to get the "feel" for running fast without really taxing your body.

After doing all this for a bit, you could add some hill work to build strength or do some reps.

Aw hell, go read this guy's stuff--he says it better than I can and has some credentials to boot:  http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=1038855;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

autumn - 2006-10-25 12:18 PM just did a 1/2 mary on saturday there isn't another that i know of until january, so i am looking at doing that one. looking at the LSD base building here: http://www.trifuel.com/triathlon/run/tip-for-runners-base-phase-001... it doesn't seem that far off from what i'd be doing in the higdon plan. do i really want to build up to 20 mile long runs by february, just to go down to 25 mile WEEKS right after that? i guess i need to understand base building for long runs a little better than i do. seems silly to build, then start from scratch again.

See my post above, but again for YOU I don't think there is any reason for trying to run 20mi until your marathon program.  A 2hr long-run max should be fine (you could push it out slightly past this if you need to get some more "over-distance" before a 1/2 marry).

And there's no need to start a marathon plan at their "official" Week 1.  Pick it up wherever you feel you are at in your training.  So if that happens to be Week 8, just wait until you are 2 months closer until you start following their schedule.

What J.K. said.

Autumn, no need to do those distances now. Start from the marathon date and work backwards from the plan. Maintain your fitness during the winter, if you keep going with those distances all winter you're going to burn out and risk injury. This is your first marathon, take it easy, its hard.

Now, if you're anxious and have some of the base in now, pick a marathon thats before June and start training for it earlier.