Even when training for events, the max number of runs I do per week is two these days. I would add in hikes and climbs and regular yoga stretches, but I don't think I run enough to "train" for the events.
My best timing for a 10K race is 1:08 and that was more than ten years ago and when I thought I was seriously running enough about 2-3 times per week.
To a regular park brisk-walker, I was merely doing "walks" whenever we crossed each other paths (which I hadn't for a very long time). She used to ask me "How much have you walked already?" in Mandarin.
In my mind (and heart of course) I would have corrected silently to the motion of "run".
If I were not walking, then seriously others might describe my gait and pace equivalent to a jog.
I am slow. I could do a 8 minute per KM pace.
Sometimes when I wanted amp up my speed and cardio however, I would gear up to 7/7+ minute per KM.
It depends on my objective that day though it may change with mood and actual performance, or even the weather.
Regardless, I still consider myself a RUNNER. No matter how slow my pace or the distance. My approach, and fondness, as well as familiarity of this activity renders myself a RUNNER, a character that I recognize myself to me, and the only importance that holds.
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