Running before digital watches existed?

I bought a digital watch for $1 at Dollar Tree that I am still using.

well I was paid $4 to take a digital watch that I will still be using in 2017.

I got a watch for free out of a cereal box 2 weeks ago that I am still using. The price is right

They would carry a gold pocket watch in the breast pocket of their tweed jackets.

When they wanted to check the time, they would simply take the watch out of the pocket and exclaim, "Well, look at the time, dear boy, what? I do say! Look's like it's jolly well time to start heading back, what? Carry on!"

I'm old enough to know this one. It worked best if you had a hacking watch (which means it stops ticking when you pull the winding crown out). You wait till the second hand gets to twelve and then you pull the crown out. You then set the minute hand at twelve. When you start your run, push the crown in and your watch essentially becomes a stop watch measuring the seconds and minutes. When you end your run, pull the crown back out and stop the watch running. Then you know your minutes and seconds. If you are on a long run for more than an hour, set both the hours and minutes hand at twelve (e.g., noon or midnight) and do the same thing.

Another option was to use a diver's watch which has an elapsed time ring on the outside. That would let you keep track of minutes by setting the ring's arrow to the minute hand at the start of your run.

This is the watch I bought back in 89 BC. Still working.

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KUKIMBIA wrote:

I distinctly remember racing a 10 miler and memorizing each mile split as I ran. Got through the finish chute and went straight to the car to write them all down. Quite a feat, I thought. Now I can barely remember where I left my flats.

Wow, I use to do that and could remember all 10 splits, now I can barely recall the splits from a 5K. I also use to run track intervals and wait until I got home to log them.

TrackCoach wrote:

KUKIMBIA wrote:

I distinctly remember racing a 10 miler and memorizing each mile split as I ran. Got through the finish chute and went straight to the car to write them all down. Quite a feat, I thought. Now I can barely remember where I left my flats.

Wow, I use to do that and could remember all 10 splits, now I can barely recall the splits from a 5K. I also use to run track intervals and wait until I got home to log them.

Thanks! I don't feel so bad now. I swear I forget my last repeat split right after I look at my watch!