Upper thigh pain

I followed my Training plan this morning and ran 2 miles. I didn't focus on speed at all. I ran one mile without breaking or lowering my speed. I ran a slooooow mile at a 12:00 pace and enjoyed it because I didn't push myself too hard. I think before when I was attempting to run a 9 min mile, I burnt out too quickly because I'm just not ready to go that fast!

The second mile went a little differently. I tried running for 2 minutes and walking for 1 minute. I actually hated doing this. Just when I was at a good pace, I had to slow down again. Blah.

Now I am getting ready for work and catching up on blog posts. My upper thighs hurt so bad. I am used to shin splints but this is even worse!!

I looked at this link on Cool Running and it says to stop running until the pain goes away. I'm going to wait and see how I feel tomorrow.

Do you get shin splints or other annoying little aches and pains after running? What do you do? I am totally new to this kind of pain!