The Timex

As I was unpacking ym bag last night, I realised that I'd left my training shoes in Sydney. D'oh! Looks like I'll be training in the racing flats this week. Not that that is a terrible thing - it's probably good to get my legs used to the lower support shoes for Sunday. As I went out for my run this morning, I also realised that my iPod shuffle had been left on and the battery was dead. Another D'oh! I'm not pointing any fingers, but Annabel was the last to use my shuffle!!!

Brisbane has definitely warmed up since last week - I hardly need any shirt at all this morning, let alone my thermal top. It was a beautiful morning out along the river. I went for a bit longer than usual (with a pit stop) as I doubled back around Southbank to the rowing club. Ended up doing a firm 14km in 57mins (including warm up / warm down). I felt comfortable but will have to go a fair bit faster on Sunday!

The Timex that Luke lent me is really easy to use and seems pretty good. I have to admit, I still prefer the footpod system of the Suunto to the GPS for three key reasons:
1. With the Suunto you can just start running, you don't have to wait for satellites to acquire
2. The GPS pacing is very volatile - one second it'll say you're going at 3:40, the next at 4:30! I think I need to fiddle with the pace smoothing settings
3. Battery life. Enough said.

Anyway, it's really good to still have a watch, and I think the Timex will be fine for Sunday. SO all the gear is ready, what about me??