New Gear
I’ve had to retire my old training watch. It’s a Suunto T3 and has performed well over the last few years. I broke the strap for the second time and it’s over $20 to replace and a special order. That’s a pain in the butt. Also, the heart rate strap seems to have stopped working. So now, it’s just a stopwatch. I didn’t want to spend a bunch of money fixing it and the like so I bought a cheaper replacement. It’s a basic Timex Ironman Road Trainer HRM for only $105 from Mountain Equipment Coop (MEC). It has fewer features, but I think I will survive without them. The one I will miss is the interval timing. I try to run intervals once a week and being able to set two separate interval times is nice (run hard for 2 minutes and rest for 1 minute). Today will be my first day with the new watch so we will see how it goes.
I also replaced our screen tent. My family are tenters, so having a decent shelter for cooking and eating is a must. Our old screen tent was heaving and failing so it was time for a replacement. I picked up a Hootenanny from MEC and set it up yesterday. So far it’s great! Not sure how it will do in a steady rain, but I can always tarp it. Now I just have to get out and use it!