tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1971640110041428662.post7918498387399032100..comments2023-07-15T06:54:43.075-04:00Comments on What a Beautiful Wreck...: The only journey is the journey within. -Rainer Maria RilkeWhat A Beautiful Wreckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00189776020923804126noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1971640110041428662.post-25610370131147749892011-12-08T13:42:25.467-05:002011-12-08T13:42:25.467-05:00Hey! I just have to post two encouraging thoughts...Hey! I just have to post two encouraging thoughts for you. One, read this article http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/health/02well.html?_r=1&ref=health and also google "why walk breaks help running". There's apparently a lot of new research on using strategic walking to actually better your mile times, your recovery, endurance, etc. Not to discourage your "run 5k without walking" goal - definitely keep at it! But also realize that there's nothing truly *wrong* with walk breaks.<br /><br />Two - I wanted to offer a "not-close-up" perspective. Look at how far you've come! A year ago, you could maybe run a minute without stopping. Now you can run 5 miles, and about an hour, with a few walk breaks. Who cares about the couple of minutes of walking - that's at least 3/4 of an *hour* of running when you put it all together! That is a WHOLE LOT OF RUNNING, and a whole long way to come, too! <br /><br />Anyway, I just wanted to offer that perspective. I'd been really beating myself up about not being able to "run farther", too. Then I decided to just embrace the walk breaks for now, because I figure that it's better to run 3+ miles with a minute or two of walking, then to be burnt out after a mile or two of going straight. You get more miles on your feet by letting yourself take a breather when you need to, and I think that's what makes a real runner: not "running the whole time", but keeping on running after each walk break.<br /><br />(my apologies if this isn't my most articulate thought ever - I had a whole comment written and blogger ate it, but I felt it was important enough to type out, inarticulate though it might end up, a second time)Abbyhttp://writinglivingepistles.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com