A Matter of Time .... and Distance oh and speed too!

Shortly after I moved from Berkshire to Leicestershire (or Derbyshire if you work for the Royal Mail!) I joined the Ivanhoe Runners. Great group of people of various speeds all of which are faster than me!
The Club Chairman (Dave) also owns The Derby Runner and as such generally speaking provides a lot of the runners with their kit. Now back in June/July I bought a new Timex Bodylink Hearr Rate Monitor which comes with a GPS for calculating your speed and distance if required. At the time I couldn't afford to get the GPS too :-( and I've recently be wondering how or where to get £160 to purchase the additional component.
On Wednesday Dave advised me that he had just been given a nearly new one for just £60!! Now that I can justify!
Tonight I am hoping that I'll get my new toy! Here's hoping!!!

Comments

James said…

I have always beena bit of a fan of gadjets and every so often I find myself drooling over what hopefully is now your new toy. Sadly I am also a tight fisted cheapskate so I dont see one heading my way soon, but still 60 pounds sounds alot better than 160

9:06 PM, November 13, 2004

Evil Pixie said…

Totally agree! £60 is a bargain and the SDM is fantastic - it's made my running so much more fun!
Can't wait to see the improvements now!

7:37 PM, November 14, 2004

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