Today, I wanted to increase the time I ran. I wanted to go from 20 minute runs to 30. However, I realized I didn't have time to do a 30 minute run. I do a warm up and a warm down and then I have to get home and that takes 5-10 minutes more. So basically in order to run 20 minutes I am gone between 30-35 minutes. So I decided to up my running ratio instead. I went up from 15sec walk/45 sec run to 20 sec walk/ 40 sec run. I was worried about running the extra 5 seconds. When I started I was only running 10 seconds at at time and I was having a hard time with it. Then when I went up to running 15 seconds at a time, that extra 5 seconds felt a lot longer than 5 seconds. At the same time you reduce your walking time by 5 seconds. I was worried this time about the same thing happening. I was also worried about not having enough walking time to recover before I ran again. The 1st 5 minutes was hard and of course I wondered if I made the right decision in upping my ratio. The second 5 minutes I settled in and did much better. I discovered something interesting at this point, I felt good while I was running, my legs didn't hurt, my breathing was fine, and I felt good. However, as soon as it was walking time, my legs hurt, my breathing was heavy, and I felt bad. What is up with that? I know I couldn't have gone out and just run 1.5 miles straight so why did I feel bad while walking, but not running? Anyone have any thoughts or ideas for me.
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