I Can't, I'm Doing a Tempo Run Tonight

Is marathon training time-consuming?

Why, yes. Yes, it is.

This was more or less an actual conversation between a fellow runner also training for a spring marathon and me:

Me: So how about we meet up Monday evening?
Marathon Runner Friend: Oh, Monday I have track intervals, but want to come and we can have coffee afterwards?
Me: I can't, I do track on Wednesdays and couldn't handle twice in one week.
MRF: Maybe Tuesday, after my tempo run?
Me: I have Yoga for Triathletes on Tuesdays which goes kind of late and I do my tempo run on Thursdays.
MRF: I have yoga on Thursdays and my long run on Fridays.
Me: No worries, I swim and do yoga on Fridays, so that's out. Maybe Saturday evening? I do my long run Saturday morning.

Despite both being clearly insane, we did manage to find a time to meet up!

There's a saying I like which goes, "no one ever said it would be easy, they just said it would be worth it."