Like Umbran says, "condition" isn't an absolute state. I'm good as far as short-distance (0.5 to 1.5 mile) walking. I do it every day -- I've *done* it every day for the past two years, and on-and-off for the previous 20 -- with 15-20lbs of pack on my back. I go bowling and I'm sore for most of the week.
I ran track in high school. I did short-distance sprints and hurdles. One meet, the coach put me in the 2 mile because our #2 2-miler was absent that day and the other team had only one runner and I was otherwise finished for the afternoon. It was an easy 3rd place. For certain values of "easy". It was the hardest thing I'd done running track.
Quick check: are your shoes wearing out faster at the heels or the balls? If they're wearing faster at the heels then your stride is contributing to the feeling of wrongness because it is wrong. Let me know if this is the case. I have some suggestions if it is, and if not then you already know what I'd tell you. :)
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I ran track in high school. I did short-distance sprints and hurdles. One meet, the coach put me in the 2 mile because our #2 2-miler was absent that day and the other team had only one runner and I was otherwise finished for the afternoon. It was an easy 3rd place. For certain values of "easy". It was the hardest thing I'd done running track.
Quick check: are your shoes wearing out faster at the heels or the balls? If they're wearing faster at the heels then your stride is contributing to the feeling of wrongness because it is wrong. Let me know if this is the case. I have some suggestions if it is, and if not then you already know what I'd tell you. :)