I walk about 4,5- 5 (3miles) km everyday. Not all in once but about 2,5km (1,5miles) the morning, and 2,5 km the evening.
I don't know if I should calculate it in my training schedule or walking is just not enough intensive to be even considered light work out.
The charts state walking is almost as good as running. For me, it seems like the logical answer is the correct answer: 5 mile run in 40 minutes seems to burn twice the calories as 5 mile walk in 80 minutes. The cardio benefits of walking 16 minutes to 21 minutes per mile are minimal. For me to write down walks, walk has to be at least 5 miles. I do not recall walking more than 8 miles at one time in years. Walking takes so darn long! An 8 mile walk takes over 2 hours.
I only considerate long walks when I am trying to rehabilate an injury.
I put walks into a category of activities like strength work and yoga - likely good for my running, but not quantifiable in an apples-to-apples way to actual running. I just create a separate category for those things in my log.
Walking is good for recovery, not much else. So in my opinion the only reason to log walks in your training log is to get a better sense of what works for you overall. When you look at it in the future, you might see patterns that aren't visible in real-time, like that you seemed to hit your next workout harder if you incorporated walking into your routing.
But if you're like me and you want "credit" for walking in your running training log, you are SOL.
If I walk 1/2 hour nonstop I write it down in the log as WALK, and I reset the intervals as for an easy run. I have detected muscle training if I walk 16-21 minutes per mile, and cardio training if I walk 13-15 minutes per mile (powerwalking.)
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Des Linden: "The entire sport" has changed since she first started running Boston.
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon
Ryan Eiler, 3rd American man at Boston, almost out of nowhere
2024 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion