Friday, October 13, 2006

A slave to time?

Total: 4 miles, untimed (but no slower than 8-minute miles)
Details: Easy, relaxing run with the only real effort going up a few small inclines.

I can't remember the last time I ran without a watch. Surprisingly, I never caught myself looking down toward my left wrist. While I enjoyed the freedom--and if I weren't training for a race, I think I'd run with a naked wrist more often--honestly, I think I enjoy the tyranny, the brutal honesty, of measuring myself by the clock and tracking my fitness, my performance.

So the shackles of my slavemaster can be easily taken off and left off. But I willingly strap it on each morning.

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