Thursday, December 27, 2012

No Garmin.

Side Note. 
My Coach has banned Garmin. 
But I think you out-psych yourself when you see splits that are too slow, too fast, or seem to be out of sync with how fast you think you should be going.  (…)  Let's put a piece of tape over your Garmin face for Tuesday's run, and see what happens when you do a workout entirely based on feel. I'm also going to give the rest of the week in terms of a percentage of effort level, and we'll see if that's helpful.
I used to “Run By Feel” for a long time.  Then I got Garmin and start to run by Jean Claude.  (yea, I named it, Garmin is French, I think).  Which leads to just as many joys as well as just as many tearful let downs.  He's a bad running partner, me thinks.
So with Garmin being taped up and made to shut up, we are testing out some effort level runs.   So far, Tuesday’s run by feel was a bit of a disaster.  First of all, I had to start at a wrong starting point.  Call it mental, but I must start my run at Columbus Circle entrance “starting” lights, or else all hell breaks loose.  Second, I just didn’t have speed.  PERIOD.
Spoiler Alert:   Hey, did you know that you think you’re putting in more effort, but sometimes, you’re just putting more effort to cling on to that certain pace? 
Also, that nagging butt pain won’t go away.  I rolled and kneaded my buns, but it’s so tight, it really prevents me from kicking asphalt.  Maybe time for a good bath…

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