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[quote=Anonymous]I'm curious about the responses you get to this. I would imagine most people who are running 20+ miles a week aren't doing that much walking (even a warm up might be a slow jog) so those miles are running. However, starting out, I think it's reasonable to count your total walk/run distance towards your weekly total.

I'm assuming you're tracking your mileage mostly the document your own progress and keep motivated (at least that why I do it). Maybe set up a spreadsheet with approximate walk distance, run distance, and total mileage so you can track it all. I'm sure your % time walking will decrease over time.

FWIW, the triathlon website I've used in the past to track workouts asks for walk/run mileage, so weekly mileage was a combined number. Personally, I feel like I'm "cheating" a bit on my running goals to include a long warm up or cool down walk, so might shave that off my numbers, but if I set out on a four mile run and for whatever reason end up doing more of a walk/run, I'd count it all. Ultimately though, it's kind of irrelevant what other people do. Why not shoot for 20 miles walk/run and then see if you can increase the % of that that is running? Some of the best advice I got when I was starting out was not to increase running mileage by more than 10% a week. If you're eager to achieve longer distances, including more walking in there will allow you to reach that goal faster without risking injury.[/quote]

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