My running partner and I often joke about still being on the shelf. We both happen to be in long term relationships though we both still have very empty ring fingers! One thing that we do both have though, courtesy of our respective running men, is a fab, pink and grey Garmin watch. When I first started running, my running man bought me a Polar watch which came with a heart rate monitor. It didn't measure distance or pace, but time and heart rate was all I needed as a new runner. He said to me at the time that if I was still running in a year, he would buy me a GPS watch. I didn't think much of it then (probably hardly believing that I was running at all, never mind still be running in a year!). But a year passed and I had started taking this running thing pretty seriously. So as promised, I received my favourite birthday present to date! My Garmin watch goes with me on every run, be it 5km, or 42km! It tells me how far I've run, for how long I've been running and what pace I'm running at. A few months later, my running partner had a birthday and after much not so subtle hinting, she was thrilled to find that her own running man had bought her one too. So now we are both proud owners of a Garmin Forerunner 110. We flash them around at races more than any girl probably flashes a diamond and even after months of having them, we still get excited when they miraculously pick up satellites at the push of a button! So while these men may be useless at some things, they managed to get a pretty big something right...buying us the best present any runner could ask for. Next step...a diamond running watch????
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