For those who didn’t “get it,” #watchlessmonday was not intended to be a one-time event. It’s something you should try for every week. It seems the fun of it came and went fairly quickly on Twitter after a few days of initial excitement.
The best response was this post from Tara who blogs at A Life Changing Journey. The end of her post sums up the point of #watchlessmonday very well: “I didn’t need my garmin to tell me I have endurance. … I didn’t need the garmin to tell me I can run fast. … I didn’t need the garmin to tell me how far I was running. … I didn’t need the validation of a gadget. … I just needed me.”
There were also some great excuses of not doing it, including “I don’t run on Monday” (read the original post; it doesn’t matter) and a few from people worrying about how far they’d run. Um, that’s why running just to run is fun — the “not knowing” element. Take a familiar route or map it out BEFORE you run if that’s what you’re worried about.
Whether #watchlessmonday lives on with others or not is yet to be seen, but I certainly plan to keep doing it. I’ve now gone watchless three Mondays in a row and am considering doing it more often. It’s so liberating to get out there and not worry about pace or time or distance. Give it a try if you haven’t. It’s not nearly as difficult as you think it is.
Real David H. 
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