So there’s a half marathon on Sunday. Apparently I’m running it.
I’ve had two absolutely fantastic runs in the past two days. Each day I ran 4 miles, and each day I resolved to take it easy. And — this is the biggie — I decided to make them “no look” runs. This is my equivalent of not wearing a watch. See, I love my data, and never want to forego the watch entirely. So my solution is to wear it, but just not look at it until the end. I know it’s strange, but it works for me.
Anyway. Two days, two awesome runs.
I’m now considering running the half marathon with NO watch. As in, not even wearing it. As in, ignoring my splits entirely and just running on feel. As in, finding out what my time is when I cross the finish line. (And since I won’t be wearing headphones either, this could possibly mean I’ll do a run with no electronics whatsoever. When’s the last time that happened?) After all, this is really just a training run for me.
A training run, did I say?
Yes, a training run. Although I haven’t registered yet, I have decided to do the Lonestar Half Ironman again this year, and so that’s become my focus. It’s on March 30 in Galveston and I’m excited. I’ll be training a little on my own, mainly sticking to the schedule Steeeve put together for me last year that worked so well. But I’ll also be training a little with a new group I’m involved in — Bay Area Multisport, or BAM! It’s a triathlon training group, and I’m going to be a mentor as well as secretary. The group is an evolution of last year’s Bay Area Fit Tri group, though it will no longer be affiliated with BAF.
The BAM season doesn’t officially start until March, but many of the other mentors are training for Lonestar as well.
I’m excited for triathlon season to arrive!
Re-use rocks! Delighted you can make use of last year’s schedule.
Best of luck with your new approach on Sunday!
Yeh, I sorta forgot about the half. I’ll be there running with Manny. I will be w/o headphones, but might wear a watch. I don’t really pay attention to it though. My first half I set the watch to countdown based on how long I throught it should take me! LOL! It worked. I came in less than a minute under the preset time! Last year I didn’t look at the watch and didn’t realize til the homestretch that I was about to PR.
All those electronics are setting up an electromagnetic field around you that slows you down. Throw away the evil devices. Run like a Luddite and beam yourself up to a PR!
Good luck on Sunday Sarah! Sometimes I’ve done better in those “training runs” with no pressure.
Argh! Your system just ate my comment.
In short – even if you don’t look at the watch, you know it’ll tell you your time at the end of the run, right?
i can’t wait for tri season either. i plan to do an olympic this year and tackle an early season half-iron next year perhaps!
see you sunday!