What is a run walk? Well, a run-walk serves three purposes. First off, it allows you to move on from just walking, to being able to run. This is a great way for you beginners to ease your bodies into running. Second, it allows you to increase your mileage. If you find it difficult to run 2 miles instead of one, run the first mile. After that, do a run-walk for a second mile. Use the power line poles or drive ways to tell you when to run and when to walk. Third, run-walks increases the time that you are exercising and allows you to burn more calories.
I personally use run-walks to increase my mileage. I first discovered the benefits of a run walk while training for my first marathon. I had a very late start to my training due to illness. I only had three months to go from being ill to being able to cover 26.2 miles. Many weeks I had to add an extra 2 miles to my long runs. I do not recommend that as experience has shown to me that this is not a smart thing once I started hitting 20 milers. I will say that to add an extra mile a week, run-walks work.
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