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Most people WALK about 3-3.3 mph. Anything more and you're beginning a slow jog.

Nope.

The difference between walking and running is whether you get both feet off the ground at the same time. If you do, you're running. If you don't, you're walking.

Originally Posted by MariaMaria:
Nope.

The difference between walking and running is whether you get both feet off the ground at the same time. If you do, you're running. If you don't, you're walking.

I never heard that before...it's sort of like a horse, when they run/gallop, ALL four legs get off the ground. I will have to check myself out the next time I "run" to see if I am getting both feel off the ground. After reading everyone's posts, I'm not sure I do run....I think I am jogging. Wonder how I will do in the Mile run/walk I am doing in July.

My fastest 5K time was 26:18, which is right around 8:30 min miles. I've never tried to run just a mile flat out, but I'd expect I could do it somewhere between 7.5 and 8 minutes.

For me, a brisk walking speed on flat terrain is 15 min/mile, or 4 mph. Brisk hiking speed (trails, mountains) is probably 3 - 3.5 mph.

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I'm not sure I do run....I think I am jogging.

There's no difference between the two.

Originally Posted by MariaMaria:
There's no difference between the two.

That's what I think I am doing too :(

I hate running anyway...I don't get it at all. I would rather spend an hour on the Arc Trainer and burn 600 calories...the downside is I can't do that outside :)

like a bunch of other people here, i don't really do just one mile, but i'd kinda like to try cause now i'm curious. i guess on an average day, i'd probably do 3 or maybe 4 miles at about 6.8 mph. i'm not sure what that translates to in mile time. i think maybe in the low 9 mins per mile?

I'm faster than I used to be, but slower than I'm going to be a year from now. ;)

This is a cool thread and it is neat to see everyone's different times. I started running last summer and when I started I couldn't even run/jog for an entire minute and now I am running 4-5 miles 5x a week. I can run about a 10 minute mile, but I seem to run the same pace no matter how long I run. I guess my body is comfortable at that speed. It would be interesting to run just for speed's sake one time. Out of all the exercises I have ever tried, I like running the best because it is so easy to track and see your progress and improvement. It makes me feel good to know that I am constantly improving. :)

i am running a mile in about 10:20-10:40 right now. I am hoping to run my first half marathon this fall at a consistent 10 minute mile, putting me around 2h20min time...won't be breaking any records, but I will be happy to just finish, so this seems like a good goal for me!

I think if I warmed up properly and then ran a mile I could possibly break 7 minutes but I never have tried. I've done a 7:24 pace for a 5K. I know I've gone under a 7 min pace on 800 intervals. One day I would love to try.

And yes...running (or "jogging" as there is no technical difference) is a mechanical state, not a speed state. I can walk as fast as a 14 minute mile although my shins holler at me if I do it for too long. I know people who run a 16 minute mile and its running.

To call yourself a jogger instead of a runner because you think you are too slow to be a "real runner" is being unkind to yourself. If you run you are a runner.

(Now many runners do call a recovery effort that is significantly slower than their OWN normal pace a recovery jog - but it is based on their OWN normal pace. For Kara Goucher a jog is probably a 7 minute mile. For me that's a sprint. )

I got to 11 minutes per mile there for a while, now I average around 12:30. I do a lot of HIIT on the treadmill, which averages at about 13-15 minutes per mile because I do a of fast walking at high incline mixed with sprints at lower incline.

I did one mile in 8 minutes once, but that was when I did the one and stopped to check time right then. Could never keep that up for long term - I think that run averaged at 11 minutes per mile once I was done. :)

I'm working more on endurance and less on speed right now. We'll see where that goes.

Skinneywish--- A 10 minute mile is a GREAT goal pace for a half marathon, especially if its your first!!! just remember, when you are deciding on a pace fore a "distance run" such as a half or a full marathon, you always want to ADD time to you "base" pace, to take into account the stress and endurance required for a long run... For a half marathon, i think you are supposed to add like 30 seconds per mile over what you run for a 10k..SO if yo run a 10k at a 10 minute mile, then you can guestimate running approx a 10 30 in a half marathon, or something like that..you can google projected race paces and finishing times and it will tell you...But please remember, if you CANT maintain faster than a 10 20 mile during your LONG training runs, please dont expect to be able to do so during the race.....It puts a lot of physical AND psychological stress that you dont need on yourself, for a first time half marathon....just go out and enjoy, make your GOAL to finish, OR, if you want to make a really LOFTY goal, make it to have a FUN FINISH!!! DO your best....its ok to incorporate some speed training into a novice half marathon training program, but only once a week, and also remember, if you DO interval type speed work, that you need to practice intervals that are appropriate to the distance you want to run fast at...you can run 400 meters intervals till your blue in the face, at ridiculously fast times, but they wont do you a lick of good in the half marathon, you know what i mean? Work on working your way up to 1 km intervals, or even 1 mile intervals (obviously not at as fast a pace as a 400 meter interval, but still faster than your "comfy" pace.. :) Good luck in your half! you are going to LOVE IT

mkroyer - THANKS! for all the tips! I love to hear advice from seasoned runners, as I have only started "seriously" running this year. I have also just signed up for a 10km charity run August 23, so that should be awesome practice for the HM, as well as give me an idea on my HM time goal. I will be sure to research what that goal should be based on my 10km time.

I don't have any HIIT incorporated into my plan. My plan is basically 2 days race pace, one day easy run and one day long run (4 runs/week). Maybe I should add some intervals...

Thanks for the well wishes! I'm excited and scared at the same time!!!

IMO 2 days of race pace is too much speedwork as it is. MOST of your runs should be at easy pace. If you run 4 days a week I would have 2 easy 1 "quality" and 1 long. The quality day can rotate week to week between race pace, long intervals and hills or something.

My long run is typically a full 90 seconds per mile SLOWER than my marathon pace and 2 min Slower than my HM pace. But I've been running longer which means I tend to have a much wider range of paces that I use in training. ( I will train at anything from 7 minute miles for intervals to 11 minute miles for recovery runs)

But the most important thing for your first HM is have fun, dont worry about pace. Just go out the first 3rd like you are itching to run faster, the middle 3rd should feel good and the last 3rd should be work.

Great advice from Ennay, I totally agree!