It's that time of year, time to start planning for races and training plans for 2011. I'm doing 6 A & B races next year (alternating between bike & running):

3/27 CX Race, 35 miles (A race)
5/14 25k Run (B)
7/09 CX Race, 35 miles (C or B)
9/17 1/2 Marathon (B)
10/9 Chicago Marathon (A)
11/5 CX 30 mile race (A)

I have a friend that put together an excellent running program for me, with the goal of finishing the marathon in 3:55:00. It's a 3x a week program that does take into account training for the bike.

The schedule builds for 3 weeks then has a recovery week. Now, the question is, do I follow the same training pattern for my biking (i.e. build for the same weeks as the running and have the same recovery week) OR do I stagger so that the recovery weeks are different?

This is the first time I've put together a training program like this, so any tips or suggestions would be fantastic! Thank you!