Lap Band & the Flying Pig Marathon

All, I don't have a date yet but Dr C is telling me late Oct/early Nov for my Lap Band. My question is that I would like to run the Flying Pig Marathon in May 2005 but I'll need to start training in January. A friend of mine said in order to train correctly I'm going to have to eat more than Band will let me. Any one have thoughts on this or should I wait till 2006 when I'll be closer to my goal. -V

Valerie, I really think you could do it. For one thing, if your training like heck and need to increase your calorie intake a lot, your band could be deflated a little. Dr. C