I've gotten in the habit of running with my phone strapped on my arm, app running to track my run, and Bluetooth headphones on listening to music.
Since it's rainy today, I said "screw all that". Just my old runner's watch and a 3 mile route where I know the splits.
Went out at what felt like an easy pace. Looked down at 1 mile and I was 20 seconds faster than my "easy pace".
Picked it up a bit and finished 3 miles at a 30 second/mile faster pace than I normally do my daily run.
Anyone else ever have this experience? Got me to thinking maybe I'd be better off just running without all that crap. For a long run, I enjoy listening to podcasts. But maybe I need to just go primitive on my daily runs.
Since it's rainy today, I said "screw all that". Just my old runner's watch and a 3 mile route where I know the splits.
Went out at what felt like an easy pace. Looked down at 1 mile and I was 20 seconds faster than my "easy pace".
Picked it up a bit and finished 3 miles at a 30 second/mile faster pace than I normally do my daily run.
Anyone else ever have this experience? Got me to thinking maybe I'd be better off just running without all that crap. For a long run, I enjoy listening to podcasts. But maybe I need to just go primitive on my daily runs.