Today I hit the gym for light chest, triceps, and legs. Yesterday I did my bread-and-butter 30 minute treadmill run. Neither workout was particularly noteworthy. That said, I did want to write about a couple of runs last week that were a bit different for me. Basically I was about to head out for a run one day and realized my Garmin Forerunner 205 was not charged. I have been using the 205 for all of my outdoor runs for some time now, tracking distance/speed/mile splits etc. While at first I was mildly annoyed, I decided to head out without any watch at all, given the fact that I knew the loop course I was running was almost exactly two miles and I planned to run it twice.
I cannot express to you how much more relaxed I ran without a watch on -- I felt like I could just listen to my body and enjoy myself, rather than worrying about my last mile split or what my average pace would be before the run was even over. Later in the week I ran four miles again without a watch, and it felt just as relaxed as the first run. I actually used to do these "watchless runs" when I lived in Chicago on a regular basis, and I think I am going to start doing them again, particularly during the "offseason" when the specific pace is so much less important than just getting the miles in to maintain a decent fitness base.
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