Feel the burn...

Wow. Today I was scheduled to do a light run- about 4 or so miles. I really didn't want to run, but I read on another blog to just go for a mile and see how I feel. So I tried it. Plus, I was down to 190.4 this morning and the thought of being in the 180s was motivation. I hit the treadmill and begin my run, at a 9:40 pace...I make it a mile but then my chest, over my heart area, literally felt like it was burning with each step I would take. I have this mental thing that I hate to walk when I am running, for some reason it feels like failure.
Today, I had to walk. I kept my pace up and jacked up the incline to keep my heart rate up...The burning went away and I started running again...the burning came back...I walked some more... this happened once more before I just said 'hell with it' and kept running even with the burn. I did 4.3 miles. Pretty good since I could barely imagine finishing one this morning. Tomorrow I promised the Mrs. that I would take it easy and do the stair stepper or something to give my body some sort of break. I just googled burning pain when running, and it sounds like maybe I started going too fast without being warmed up...Hum, I'll keep that in mind on Saturday.
Typically I try to run 3-4 times per week, with my long run on Saturday and Sunday is usually a day off. Right now my long run is 6.2 miles...I also do intervals 1x per week and then cross train the other days. I had to slow down on the free weights due to a belly button issue (its gross, I wont go into details) but I am having that checked out next week.
Lunch today was Spinich Salad with veggies and 3 oz baked skinless chicken breast and a greek yogurt. Plenty of protien and it filled me up. Now, if I can just stay feeling full after dinner, I think it would help me out a lot. I really need to stop having a snack after dinner...
I was sad to see that we didn't win the giveaway on Katie's blog (runsforcookies), but happy for the person who got it! For now I will drool over one of those via Amazon.