I got my ass moving and ran yesterday. I haven't been out in about a week, and I felt it. I aimed to do 4.5 miles and ended up running about 3.75 and walking at least .75. Which brings me to this question - how guilty should I feel about walking part of my runs? When you set out to run, say, 6 miles, do you stop counting at 6 miles even if you've walked part of those miles? Or do you keep running until you have actually been running for 6 miles?
Maybe it's the Catholic in me, but I can't bring myself to say I ran X miles unless I've acutally run all X miles. Am I being a dumb newbie here?
In any case, my legs got to feeling like lead weights at about mile 3 yesterday. It also was cold, and the cold air in my lungs often makes me feel like I'm going to hack up said lungs. I also found something interesting on Nicole's post from a couple days ago about LT runs. I had no idea what LT meant until I read some of the comments. Now I am thinking this is what happened to me - I was above my threshold yesterday. I tend to run about 10-minute miles no matter how far I'm running or for how long I plan to run. I can't figure out how to slow myself down (again, I kind of blame this on the guilt factor.) I know I have to ditch this hang-up because runs done at paces that can't be sustained aren't worthwhile. So much to learn ...
After the gym tonight, I am planning to go pick up some sort of runners' reading material. I need some guidance. I have been poking along, spitting out a few miles here and there for nearly a year. It's time to get serious about training and, if I'm going to jump from just running to really training, I'd better know how to do it properly.
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