With just barely a week left until my marathon, I've been tapering my runs, but trying to keep up my speed and intensity. The rationale being that I will be able to go into the marathon rested, but not soft. Sounds good on paper but as in all things I do, it's a work in progress. This Saturday, I'll finish up the week with a long run of 11-15 miles, and I'm thinking of doing it tuneless. Before today, I couldn't tell you the last time that I did any run of long distance without my tunes, but I've been running without music for the last couple of training runs. Today, I did 8 miles without my music. I am definitely a believer in the motivating power of music, but I've been listening to my marathon playlist for so long that I'm afraid it's starting to get stale. Hence the tuneless runs. And I hate to admit it, but it's been kinda fun running without my music. I was able to really pay attention to all the sights as I ran through Belmont. I enjoyed it so much that I'm considering running without my music for the first half of the marathon. The only problem is dealing with the headphones while on the run. Do I put them in my pocket? Do I wear them but not turn on my player? Decisions, decisions, decisions.
Just to make sure that you don't think that I've lost my geek cred, I'm only running tuneless. I'm still otherwise technologically pimped out with my trusty Garmin 405. At least it was until a few weeks ago before it started to lose power dramatically mid-run. I've done a hard reset, and I'm hoping that resolves the issue. However, it does make me wonder if I should sport my Forerunner 305 come marathon day. Again....decisions, decisions, decisions.
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