Running Confusion

My legs are so sore.
I took a break today, not wanting to get up to run before work.

Maybe I will be able to run
to the Great Salt Lake

My legs are feeling it from earlier this week!
Every time I bent down to pick something up I almost groaned.
Having sore muscles hurts so much, yet feels so good at the same time.

I was talking to Joe about running yesterday. I felt like I was interviewing someone for a paper.
I got to ask him bunches and bunches of questions, it was really helpful.

I wish I could run as far as I will be able to eventually.
My goal is to be able to run 42 miles. But by when? When should I be able to run that far? How do I come up with a training schedule? Should I even use one? I know that my body is able to run farther than my brain is able to run.
How do I work past the blocks I have put up in my mind? Do I work past them all at once? or should I move them slowly, build a door through the walls that are in my mind?
Do I need to throw out traditional thoughts on running? Should I experiment myself with everything I do? Should I get professional advice?
I am very confused about everything. I am reading things that are contrary to other things I have read. But I am also realizing that I am not as fit as some of the people who I have read about and, at this point in time, I do not have the ability to throw out all the rules. or maybe I do. I don't know.
There are many questions I still have and a lot of them I have to answer for myself, even though many people may have lots of answers for me. I am the only one who knows what I can do.