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I've been doing a lot of run-walk-run as rehab - my cardio and leg strength has precluded any sustained pace, and plodding is exacerbates a rubbish knee.
I've been doing a lot of stringing together short, faster-paced runs, interspersed with walking recovery.
When I was fit, though, and doing mass-start events, I'd still walk through watering stations, as necking water / cooling down, had much higher priority than the <1 second I'd be losing.
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And, agree. Coming back from a meniscus tear last year (on my second attempt, as first time I went too hard too early and hurt myself again) my physio got me to try run/ walking.
It was stuff like 30s run / 30s walk, repeat 5 times, 2 mins walk, and repeat that whole thing 5 times. Slowly increasing the run portion. He focused on “how many minutes of running are you doing in total” as the metric - building that up steadily.
Was all much more restrained than I’d normally do. But I guess that’s exactly why I’ve seen so many physios previously, but haven’t needed to since then.
cookiemonster
I used to think that any walking at all meant it wasn't really a run, so seeing those times really puts things in perspective.