Date/Week

Topic(s)

Week 1

1/14

Introduction to Exercise Immunology and Endurance Sport; Class Expectations and Training Information; Conrad Earnest, PhD, Marathon Training Consultant; Mollie Hong (graduate student), Research Project Supervisor; Lab: Descriptive Data Collection/Physician Approval Forms; Graduate Student Sign-Up for Data Collection

1/16

Pre-Training Assessments (All Students), 1.5 mile Walk/Run Test (Rec. Center), 3-Day Dietary Record Handout (Due Wed. 1/24), DXA Sign-Up, Travel Sign-Up

Week 2

1/21

No Class: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Get your run in!)

1/23

Saliva Collection Sign-Up/Training Run

Week 3

1/28

Exercise and Resistance to Infection

1/30

Proper Marathon Conditioning/Training Run

Week 4

2/4-2/6

Mardi Gras Holiday: Training Runs (on your own)

Week 5

2/11

Adaptive and Innate Immunity

2/13

Proper Marathon Conditioning (Nutrition focus)/Training Run

Week 6

2/18

Cytokines and Exercise

2/20

Overtraining Syndrome and Immune Function/Training Run

Week 7

2/25

Lab: Measurement of Salivary IgA and Cytokines (ELISA) (Tara)

2/27

Training Run

Week 8

3/3

Cytotoxic Cells and Exercise
Lab: Natural Killer (NK) Cell Assay

3/5

NK Assay Continued/Training Run

Week 9

3/10

Exercise, Immune Function and Disease (HIV, Cancer etc.)

3/12

Psychology and Immune Function/Training Run

Week 10

3/17-3/19

Enjoy spring break, Training Run, Training Run, Training Run

Week 11

3/24

Exercise Immunology: Future Directions

3/26

Reduced Training (Taper) and Immune Function/Training Run  Guest Lecture:  Conrad Earnest, PhD

Week 12

3/31

Sports Nutrition and Immunology

4/2

Sports Nutrition and Immunology Cont. /Training Run

Week 13

4/7

Immune Response to Exercise (Clinical Applications: Aging and Spaceflight)

4/9

Environmental Factors and Immune Function:  Guest Speaker:  Tim Church, MD, PhD, MPH

Week 14

4/14

Videoconference with Michael Flynn, PhD and the Purdue Marathon Class

4/16

Lab: Post Training Physiological Measurements/Training Run

Week 15

4/21

Lab: Post Training Physiological Measurements

4/23

Race Day Preparation and Departure Information

Week 16

4/28

Exam Review

4/30

Research Study/Class Recap

Other Important Dates:

2/7

Proof of purchase new running shoes

2/14

Proof of registration for Derby Festival marathon web site www.derbyfestivalmarathon.com

4/25

Travel to Louisville

4/26

Start Derby Festival Marathon

4/26

Finish Derby Festival Marathon

4/27

Travel home

Marathon Training Plan (Distance in Miles)

Week

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thurs

Fri

Sat

Sun

Total (miles/wk)

1

Rest

3

3

3

Rest

6

Cross

15

2

Rest

3

4

3

Rest

7

Cross

17

3

Rest

3

4

3

Rest

8

Cross

18

4

Rest

3

4

3

Rest

7

Cross

17

5

Rest

3

5

3

Rest

10

Cross

21

6

Rest

3

6

3

Rest

12

Cross

24

7

Rest

3

5

4

Rest

11

Cross

23

8

Rest

4

7

4

Rest

14

Cross

29

9

Rest

4

8

5

Rest

16

Cross

33

10

Rest

4

9

5

Rest

18

Cross

36

11

Rest

5

9

5

Rest

20-22

Cross

39-41

12

Rest

5

10

5

Rest

20

Cross

40

13

Rest

5

10

5

Rest

12

Cross

32

14

Rest

5

6

5

Rest

8

Cross

24

15

Rest

3

4

2

Rest

RACE

Half-Marathon Training Plan (Distance in Miles)

Week

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thurs

Fri

Sat

Sun

Total (miles/wk)

1

Rest

1.5

1.5

1.5

Rest

3

Cross

7.5

2

Rest

1.5

2

1.5

Rest

3.5

Cross

8.5

3

Rest

1.5

2

1.5

Rest

4

Cross

9

4

Rest

1.5

2

1.5

Rest

3.5

Cross

8.5

5

Rest

1.5

2.5

1.5

Rest

5

Cross

10.5

6

Rest

1.5

3

1.5

Rest

6

Cross

12

7

Rest

1.5

2.5

2

Rest

5.5

Cross

11.5

8

Rest

2

3.5

2

Rest

7

Cross

14.5

9

Rest

2

4

2.5

Rest

8

Cross

16.5

10

Rest

2

4.5

2.5

Rest

19

Cross

18

11

Rest

2.5

4.5

2.5

Rest

10

Cross

19.5

12

Rest

2.5

5

2.5

Rest

12

Cross

22

13

Rest

2.5

5

2.5

Rest

11

Cross

21

14

Rest

2.5

3

2.5

Rest

4

Cross

12

15

Rest

3

4

2

Rest

RACE