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Sorry about that. You're right, Kyla. Thanks for catching it. The strap I have is from the 301 not the 305. I thought they were the same, but just got Gary's old 305 out and looked at it more closely. It wouldn't work with the 305 strap. Here is the strap I'm using:

You can buy them for around $20. I just put the pins from the 310xt into the fabric loops,and it works great. Although it doesn't look as nice as the band that comes with it.

My 310XT has been flaking out lately.  I need to upgrade it before the season, but not sure about the 910XT given it's the first year.  And I am sure the swimming thing is too complicated.  I only want to know so much about my swimming.  Stroke rate? distance per stroke? Nope.

Off to a wine party with dinner!

Have fun at the party!  

I think I am going to do what I said earlier, and go with FR110 or something like it that has GPS and HRM and is not as bulky as the others when my 305 finally croaks.  I'll stick with the pace clock at the pool for now.  Keep it simple for now.

OK, swimmer dinner girl. Here is the same watch that Fatty posted, only in a different color. (GMTA!) More comments below.

Sorry if the image is big!! I took a picture while it had the time and the lap time showing -- the lap time is smaller, and as Fatty said, it doesn't appear for :10, so if your rest is that or shorter, this won't work. 

I, for one, LOVE Timex watches and have lots of them. I'm a little obsessive about waterproof watches. This is the latest in my arsenal, and I chose it because of the B-I-G numbers so I can see them in my OWS lake -- but I am just looking at overall time, not splits. 

I've never had a problem with pressing Timex buttons under water -- I do it all of the time. Maybe I'm just lucky?

Dunno if this helps at all. I'll do some watch research to see what I can figure out, cuz I think that sort of stuff is fun and my brain can't deal with what I NEED to be doing right now!!

Kim if you get a FR110 let me know how you like it!! I think I'll buy one for Dave for anniversary or half-birthday. (It sucks that his bday is in December, as it can be hard to buy gifts for the man who has everything only one time a year, really!) 

And good girl for using the pace clock! I love the old analog pace clocks -- I just fall into the patterns of knowing when I should leave for my intervals and I use that to count reps as well. When I swim in pools with digital pace clocks, I get all discombobulated because I'm trying to remember NUMBERS vs. a PICTURE -- my brain sees a pace clock in 1/4s, 1/3s, and 1/6s, it's all visual vs. mathematical for me.

you could buy him a 1000 dollar phone.

oh, wait.  

kim... she suzy'd it.  again.  

I must have missed a good story here... Darn it....

Suzy????

Ha ha - it was a $1,000 BRICK!!!! Place-holder, that's ALL!! And it promptly was returned for an appropriately-priced model, as I knew it would be! LOL!

I have to say I don't really care how fast I'm swimming, I care more about how well or smooth I'm swimming. I feel that speed follows smoothness unless you're planning on entering swim sprint events!

I'll haft do so e research and think about Portland. We stay with friends and when I did the marathon we stayed at the Embassy Suites, but the tri isn't in Portland proper, I'm sure... That said, the Pearl district is a fun area.

Totally lost!

Kyla-thanks for the post.  So you can't see the time for the interval you just finished for 10"?  Not liking that at all.

FWIW, I have two of the watch that Kim originally posted (one blue, one purple) and they are awesome -- cuter as a regular watch, too. But my chicken-skinned-granny eyes wanted some bigger numbers to see in the lake, hence my Man Watch.

I have a Timex Ironman watch, too, but I don't use the lap button in the pool. I run through about one a year, usually because I end up cracking the ring around the face and moisture gets in, but they aren't very expensive and are available at discount stores. The lap time is smaller than elapsed time but not tiny. I wouldn't be able to read it underwater but it's easy enough to see when stopped at the wall.

Suzy, for your timed repeats, it's a lot easier to remember your times and where you are in the set if you go on a regular interval instead of X seconds of rest. Kyla, I prefer the analog pace clock for the same reason.

Thanks, John! Helmet cam would have been awesome!

And a little birdy told me our trail running goddess got 2nd woman overall! Awesome, Julia Love the pic of your shoes in the log!! Super fabulous race. Glad you had fun, fell a couple of time, and didn't get hurt!!

YOU ARE TOO MODEST!  CONGRATS!!!!

PS.  I agree on the whole interval thing.  I have crazy things like finish on X:46 and go on X:16....too old to remember where I started and calculate the interval.

I use the same watch in the pool.  FYI, you can switch the location of the total time and the lap time using the set up screens depending on which you would rather have larger.  I usually make my split time the larger size.  I have never had an issue with water damage even pushing the buttons under water.  

 Congrats on a great run Julia!!!!  Would love to see the pics or videos of the wipeouts....

Public Service Announcement:
-- Those first couple of searingly painful minutes in the shower after a long run are the BEST reminder to go buy more BodyGlide and where to put it.

I'll buy two this time and when I open that second one, got buy another -- ALWAYS have a spare!

... that is all, carry on.

I need to go swimming with my 910 and report back. I have a terrible time remembering what lap I'm on so I hope it helps. 

Tiana