I bought a Timex "Ironman" wristwatch almost five years ago. That was 82 races, two bikes, 15 pairs of running shoes, and what seems like a dozen or so "NM Outlaws" jerseys, shorts, skinsuits, and aero helmets ago.
However, it is dying. The display is getting harder and harder to see. I thought about taking it in to a jeweler to have the battery replaced, but watches never seem to work quite right after getting a battery transplant.
Tonight I was at Wally World, and I picked up a new "Ironman". The display is nice and clear, but this watch has no history to it.
What should I do with the old watch? Toss it in the old sock drawer and forget about it? Cremate it and spread its ashes over my favorite 5K run? Build a Viking funeral pyre and float it out into the middle of Bottomless Lake after setting it on fire? Offer it up to the Smithsonian Museum? Scratch a likeness of Ronald Reagan on the back of it and then sell it on EBay?
Goodbye, old friend.
muffinman
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I know exactly how you feel. I couldn't part with my old watch, we had gone through our first HIM, training with great friends, races, three replacement bands.
Still have it but I can't read the display and the band doesn't work. Hummm maybe it's time to let go.....
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