Running sucks

My friend had a daddy son day at school this morning and they were all supposed to run a mile.  Kudos to him for showing up in running attire.  Rumor is that some dads arrived in suits with the lie that they had morning meetings and couldnt take part in it.  2 laps into the mile he realised it had been quite some time since he ran last.  From the sounds of it he wasnt properly hydrated or nurished and it made an impact on his ability to continue. 
I told him about my quest to learn how to run over the past 2 years or so.  Which in turn prompted me to take a look at my running history on the Garmin site.  I must say I am quite bummed.  FIRST in the lack of reporting capabilities and second in the averages I have been able to uncover in the reporting capabilities.  On average would you beleive that I am at a 3.6mph pace?  Really?  I thought I was at least at 4mph.  Now given the reporting options it is hard to tell all that is being counted, but still...
OK - took out a few of the zeroes in the report and arrived at an average pace of 3.7 - woo hoo - at least a little better...
The other oddity I noticed is that my average distance comes in at under 2 miles.  Really?  How crazy is that?
So I am going to have to switch this tracking thing up some to try to get a better grasp on tracking my running.
I am going to go with a clean slate as of 11/1/2010 with a goal of 11/11/11 to be able to run a 5k.  Hmm, wonder if that is too much to ask.
But I want to see better results with the running.  My goodness - this is crazy.  No wonder I am struggling with learning to run.  My consistency is non-existent.
Nothing like shedding some light on the situation.
And what I am going to do is classify the run/walks that are intentionally for training as RUNNING and the ones that are more - hey take me a walk outside and buy a rainbow sky (know the song?) - I will classify as WALKING...
And hopefully through that I will start to see actual improvement.  As of right now, I dont see any, at least with this reporting option.
And then I will go from there.  I will keep you posted.