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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!

Even though it’s March, old man Winter hasn’t decided to pack up and head South. Here in Edmonton, we are still about 10°C below seasonal, but that’s better than the -41°C we woke up to last Tuesday. Yes, the weather is cold and there still seems to be much snow on the ground and more on the way, but that’s not going to stop me from going outside and getting some fresh air.
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