Best way to log walks in the training log (Read 683 times)

The most important thing to remember is that its your log so you should use it in the way that best serves you. Your reasons for logging walks as runs make sense to me, especially since your walks are specifically geared towards fitness and weight loss. I might have a different answer if someone wanted to log their walks back and forth to the ice cream shop.

I log it as a run type. After knee problems and surgery I've had to resort to mostly walking for excercise and I want to keep track of how many miles it puts on my shoes. Any walks that go in the log are "walks for the purpose of taking a walk", not just saunters around town. If you ever want to subtract your walking mileage you can go use the search function to total up the mileage of all the "walk" run types over a certain time period. Plus it makes me happy to actually SEE bars on my log and know that even if I can't really run at least I am still on my feet. And since it's your log you can do whatever you want.

The most important thing to remember is that its your log so you should use it in the way that best serves you. Your reasons for logging walks as runs make sense to me, especially since your walks are specifically geared towards fitness and weight loss. I might have a different answer if someone wanted to log their walks back and forth to the ice cream shop.

What he said. It's your log, do what you want. But since your walking is a specific part of your training, and you're losing weight and working towards running more ... if I were you, I'd count the mileage and log it. We have people here who are race walkers. That's their training. And it's hard training, just like I'm sure yours is hard. I wouldn't tell them not to log it, so why shouldn't you? If you're sweating and breathing hard, its log-worthy. If you're walking your dog and smoking a cigar, not so much.