For Easter, I made one of my favorite desserts that I get in Paris – les tartes aux fruit (fruit tarts, in case you can’t figure that out). My tarts are pretty flippin’ awesome, I must say. The crust is sweet and crunchy. The crème pâtissière is like heaven. And the fruit makes you feel a teensy bit less guilty about eating them.
You know you're drooling
While taking the tart crusts out of the oven, I managed to burn my wrist. I’m really talented like that. The spot on my wrist is right next to where I wear my Garmin. So that if I were to run wearing my Garmin, it would inevitably rub on my burn. I know – poor me.
It hurts more than it looks like it would, I promise
Because wearing my watch on my right wrist feels about as comfortable as wearing my running shorts backwards, I opted to go watchless for my run today instead. My last watchless run was sometime soon after the Baltimore Marathon and I remember that it felt great. I promised myself I would go watchless more often, but here I am 6 months later finally doing another watchless run. It was so nice to not obsess over my pace and the distance I’d covered. It didn’t stop me from thinking several times “I wonder what my pace is. I bet it’s really slow. I feel so slow.” I had to tell my brain to shut up a few times. I also kept trying to pause my watch when I had to stop to cross the street, but there was no watch on my wrist. I looked down at my wrist to check my watch no less than 20 times out of habit.
I thought I ran about 5 or 6 miles, but when I mapped it out on Map My Run, I actually ran 6.83. You know what I thought when I saw that? Man, if I had my watch on, I would have known my distance and could have made it an even 7. Le sigh. It’s an obsession! Even so, I had a great run with Zain. He talked to me pretty much non-stop which is always entertaining.
Thank you, tarts, for burning me and thus allowing me to have a peaceful run. I really am going to make an effort to go watchless more often so that I can allow myself to have a more relaxed run.
Do you run watchless? If so, how often do you do it?
I try to go watchless at least one a week (ok, ok, maybe every couple weeks). Hi, I’m Anne; I’m addicted to numbers! Anyway, I have been making more of an effort to run by feel and I think it has greatly improved my running and my mental state. Many days I turn the pace field off so I just have the time of day and sometimes distance. (need time of day so I don’t make hubby late for work!). I find that I am less stressed out when I’m not following checking my pace every 10 seconds! I even completed a 20 mile training run WITHOUT watching pace 1.5 weeks ago. It was very liberating!Â
I’ve been going watchless more since I became pregnant, but I also find I’m not as worried about my pace now that I’m pregnant – I wear it more to see the distance. It’s a nice feeling just listening to my body for a change.
I have just recently started trying to run watchless too, and I have the exact same Garmin! I’m sorry that it was a burn that forced you to have to do it though, ouch! Â And those tarts look delicious!
I never take my Garmin for my stroller runs. I drive myself nuts
Just barely got a Garmin, so I did a lot of watchless runs last year. Now I can’t go out without it.Â
Umm care to share your tart recipe?? they look DELISH!!!
I’m doing more watchless runs lately to make my runs fun and not about pace/time. I know approximately what the distance is and I’m good with that. I’m going to go back to my watch so that I can begin doing interval runs so I don’t put too much pressure on my knees.. great job on your run..
I don’t have a Garmin, so I always go watchless!
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I don’t have a watch either, but I do have an iPhone. The mapmyrun has an app that will map your run while running and has an option where a lady will tell you your overall time, distance and pace as you run. I love this! This way, I can listen to my music, map my run and know my distance/pace all with one device.Â