There Are No Junk Miles
There Are No Junk Miles By Kenny Ames There are no junk miles. Every mile run is an accomplishment. Every step we take and continue in motion is an achievement. If you attach a purpose to each run, then you assign meaning to every mile. How could that be junk? Some would offer a definition of junk miles as being those that are not adding to overall performance. They may believe there are no bad miles, but that these excessive miles are not optimal for performance. One coach may say any run that isn’t a quality session or long run is junk. The theory is that some miles are useful but others useless or even counterproductive. I don’t subscribe to that theory. I argue that there are many reasons why we run, so how could they be junk? Some miles are faster than others. I don’t try to run my track mile pace while pushing the double Bob up a hill. Some miles I take easier than others, which is advisable. Instead of viewing these miles as junk, examine just why do we run? I run for he...