re: Running advice requested for new runner (updated with new shoes!)

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I don't like how they say to start the first day by walking though. Ain't nobody got time for that!

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I mean this jokingly, but also dead serious. You'll either be hurt and not running within a year or you will have changed your mind.

I've done two full Ironman Tri's and maybe a half dozen open marathons and even as of this morning, walking is an important part of my weekly training.

Just last Sunday after a big/long training week I set out for my 14 mile run. I knew before I started it would be slower than normal, then the heat and humidity was going to make it even worse so I was steadily going down my first 8 miles. When I was running, I was struggling to hold an 8:30 pace, mix in water breaks and such and the wheels were coming off.






In years past I would have pushed on and ran through it probably forcing me to spend the rest of the day on the sofa dehydrated and miserable just to hold a pace I wanted, but I stopped my watch and started using Jeff Galloway's method of a 4:1 run to walk ratio. Now, my splits weren't fast, but I was recovering mid run.

Now, I was running faster and faster each mile without running harder. 7:35 felt like 8:35 and the walk breaks were just enough recovery.







Don't frown on walking....use it.