"Do you run the whole way?"

I've been asked this question one too many times.

The answer is NO!!!!!

For the entire duration of a run, my trainees and I do a little something called Run/Walk. In other words, we will RUN for 5 minutes and WALK for 1 minute to recover. We do this from start to finish. We also stop to stretch about 10 minutes into the run, stop for bathroom breaks, stop to refill our water bottles or just stop if we're just plain old tired and need an extra break.

So for those of you that think I'm crazy for running such long distances or think that you yourself could never finish a race, this is exactly how I do it.

This is what will help me get through next year's training program when I brave my first FULL MARATHON!

13 MILES TOMORROW!!!! 0.1 miles short of a 1/2 marathon.

~*~Run Mel Run~*~