The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch lets you see how Impermanent your efforts are.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The results would have stayed on the watch face until the batteries died. But trying to make time stand still this way would have been a mistake. It is just as important to erase times eventually as to save them at first.
That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.
The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours.
Time is irrelevant to me. I never wear a watch.
My goal, with whatever I'm working on, is to lose track of time.
Time means a great deal to every runner. It means everything to me, because most days miles don't count; only minutes do.
This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.
Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in a friendly way by running with the watch instead of against it or away from it.
The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.