How bad is it to stop temporarily during a run?

Nonstopper wrote:

Today I had a tempo run where the goal was 2 miles at an 8:30 pace. I planned to run on the relatively flat trail in my area, but the road was unexpectedly closed for road work. I discovered this during the run, and had to take a path that includes a steep, 0.30-mile-long hill. I ended up stopping near the top of hill for about 1 minute, simply because I didn't expect to be running such a difficult trail at tempo pace. I completed the run, finishing at an 8:38 pace. How bad is it to stop in the middle of a run like this for training purposes?

John Donky wrote:

Yeah NBD, Smalls. The training effect is nearly identical.

I will say, you could’ve just slowed down on the hill while maintaining the proper effort. If your LT pace is 8:30 on a flat trail, it could be 9:15 or who knows on the uphill, and you’d still be getting all the internal benefits of the tempo.

And that’s related to a potential benefit you did lose: learning to race by gauging effort rather than strictly the numbers on your watch. If you take two equally fit runners racing a hilly 10k, the one who knows how to dial in the right effort is going to beat the guy bent on maintaining X:XX pace who goes into oxygen debt every time he hits a hill.

Nonstopper wrote:

Today I had a tempo run where the goal was 2 miles at an 8:30 pace. I planned to run on the relatively flat trail in my area, but the road was unexpectedly closed for road work. I discovered this during the run, and had to take a path that includes a steep, 0.30-mile-long hill. I ended up stopping near the top of hill for about 1 minute, simply because I didn't expect to be running such a difficult trail at tempo pace. I completed the run, finishing at an 8:38 pace. How bad is it to stop in the middle of a run like this for training purposes?

Nonstopper wrote:

Today I had a tempo run where the goal was 2 miles at an 8:30 pace. I planned to run on the relatively flat trail in my area, but the road was unexpectedly closed for road work. I discovered this during the run, and had to take a path that includes a steep, 0.30-mile-long hill. I ended up stopping near the top of hill for about 1 minute, simply because I didn't expect to be running such a difficult trail at tempo pace. I completed the run, finishing at an 8:38 pace. How bad is it to stop in the middle of a run like this for training purposes?

Nonstopper wrote:

Today I had a tempo run where the goal was 2 miles at an 8:30 pace. I planned to run on the relatively flat trail in my area, but the road was unexpectedly closed for road work. I discovered this during the run, and had to take a path that includes a steep, 0.30-mile-long hill. I ended up stopping near the top of hill for about 1 minute, simply because I didn't expect to be running such a difficult trail at tempo pace. I completed the run, finishing at an 8:38 pace. How bad is it to stop in the middle of a run like this for training purposes?

Sayyyywhaaaaaaaat? wrote:

You're overthinking running.

the rock wrote:

It's cumulative.

You could split a 10 mile easy run into 10 x 1 mile with 2 minutes rest. It doesn't matter.

Nonstopper wrote:

Thank you all for your answers. Now I don't need to commit suicide.

Nonstopper wrote:

malmo wrote:

You shouldn't. That's a sign that you are obsessive. It's completely unnecessary and a distraction from what you're supposed to be focused on. Move forward.

So what is a better thing to focus on? Simply the miles completed? Perceived effort? Pace?

Nonstopper wrote:

Today I had a tempo run where the goal was 2 miles at an 8:30 pace. I planned to run on the relatively flat trail in my area, but the road was unexpectedly closed for road work. I discovered this during the run, and had to take a path that includes a steep, 0.30-mile-long hill. I ended up stopping near the top of hill for about 1 minute, simply because I didn't expect to be running such a difficult trail at tempo pace. I completed the run, finishing at an 8:38 pace. How bad is it to stop in the middle of a run like this for training purposes?