Short Life Span

I am really hard on my gear.
Sunglasses. I go through a three or four a year. It kills me to buy anything over $20.
Goggles. Already bought three pair this year.

Right now I am all out of watches. What you ask? How can that be? Well, its because I beat the crap out of my watches. My highly reccommended Polar S625x is in for repair because the start/split button cracked and I didn't want to get it wet. The new RS200sd is also being serviced because the footpod and watch could not be sync'd up.

With my #1 and #2 draft choices out of the line up I have been wearing my eight year old reliable Timex Ironman that has seen me through oh so many marathons and road races. I waxed nogstalic instead of lamenting that fact that I don't have heart rate and can't measure distance.

I was going Old School.

Well now my trusty Timex has a busted strap and they don't make replacements for it. Its a strange molded type that wraps all the way around the watch.

I could break the glass on the only watch that has ever survived my lifestyle, a Casio G-
Shock from 1987, the first year that really took off for the model. The damn thing still works after all these years. I haven't even changed the battery on it. Its retired now and resting comfortably.

So do I continue to sweat out the days until one of my Polar's show up? Naw, loyal readers of CMS know that I love Shiny Things and will get myself a new third string watch today, a Timex Ironman.