Well, I just realized that Yellowstone will put a bigger thorn in my marathon-training side than I thought it would. If I remember the correct week, it will occur during week 5 of marathon training. And at the end of week 5, I'm supposed to run 18 miles! Eep! Then of course, there's the altitude concern. I was thinking that maybe Yellowstone isn't that high, it won't matter, but then I did some Google research and discovered that technically, most of Yellowstone is at or above 7,500 feet, which is considered high altitude. GULP. 18 miles at high altitude? I don't think so.
So, now I'm thinking that I'll just start marathon training a week earlier, and use that week to run base miles. No FIRST training, no set paces, just get out there and get some miles on my legs. I don't want to take the whole week off, but we'll also be doing some heavy duty hiking, so maybe I won't need to worry about that. Either way, I am not running 18 miles at 7,500 feet. I can't even imagine how long that would take me! Eagle Mountain this is not.
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