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tags = [ "running","watch" ]
title = 'Against the clock'
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Tuesday, I was convinced I’d had a good session.
I ran very slowly, stayed in the endurance zone, even managed to finish without any pain.
In short, I thought it was a success.
I’m on my fourth run now.
And it feels better each time: I’ve found my easy pace, the one that lets me hold the distance without pain. My heart rate doesn’t spike as much, and I don’t have to stop nearly as often to walk.
Except… today, after comparing, I realize I was completely wrong.
**All good, right?**
##xTuesday — the misleading session
Not for everyone.
There’s one who doesn’t agree: my Polar Pacer Pro. Run after run, it keeps scoring me lower and lower.
At the time, I thought I felt “fine.”
But to avoid blowing up my heart rate, I had to slow down drastically — over 10 minutes per kilometer, almost walking.
My Polar watch gave me a mediocre score, and I figured it was exaggerating.
**Why?**
In reality, I was just tired. Too tired to run properly.
The watch picked up on it before I did.
I honestly don’t know. Maybe it’s reading between the lines.
Today — the difference
Has nothing to do with running itself, but I haven’t been sleeping well lately. Choppy nights, built-up fatigue… Maybe that’s messing with my heart rate. Maybe that’s enough to throw the numbers off and make me look worse than I feel. Could be.
Two days later, I ran under the same conditions.
Result: one more kilometer in 30 minutes, a much faster recovery afterward, and a feeling of ease I didn’t have on Tuesday.
Or maybe it’s just because I’m running shorter distances.
Proof that that day, I was pushing too hard without realizing it.
**So, who should I trust?**
## The real lesson
The watch?
Or how I feel?
What I’ve learned is that the watch isn’t a judge — it’s a mirror.
It doesn’t “criticize” my runs; it shows me when I’m struggling, even if I don’t want to admit it.
I’ve chosen to trust my body.
Because at the end of the day, the watch still does one useful thing: it forces me to slow down. No red-zone cardio, no unconscious sprinting. Just a steady rhythm I can hold without suffering.
Fatigue isn’t always visible. You think you’re fine, but the numbers tell another story.
And in that case, the smartest thing to do isn’t to push harder — it’s to adjust.
If fatigue is skewing the numbers, then fine. That’s life. What matters isn’t impressing a watch.
What matters is not getting injured, building consistency, and keeping the joy alive.
## What I take away
Better a slow jog at 10 minutes per kilometer than no jog at all.
And sometimes, accepting to slow down is exactly what keeps you progressing — and injury-free.
So yes, on Tuesday I thought I felt fine.
But today, I realize slowing down was the right call.
Not for performance — but for longevity.