No, Timex did not pay me to say that. So far, I’ve had two watches from the IRONMAN set.

The first was one of the old school IRONMAN watches. I don’t remember when I got it or how long I wore it, but it was on my arm until the battery died. For some reason, instead of just replacing the battery I decided to get a new watch. More money than sense, I suppose.

Old School Badass

The second IRONMAN was one of the Sleek 50-lap designs. I really liked the sleek design of this watch. It was a great watch that I just wore slam out…

I wore the Start/Split button out.

Even though the wear on the “Start/Split” button made it hard to use, I kept on using it. I had to wiggle my finger around a bit on the button before it would register the start. But, alas, nothing lasts forever…

Hard to see, but the band is hanging on by a thread.

When the first “link” in the band broke, I planned to find some superglue to see if I could make it last. Unfortunately, the middle “link” broke first.

Well, with the bum button and the broken strap, I thought maybe it was time to give up and just get a new watch…

Thanks to Mr. UPS, I am pleased to be sporting a shiny new IRONMAN Race Trainer with Data Xchanger. And I have to say, the Data Xchanger is cool. I can set heart rate zones, various display formats, interval timer splits, time, and alarms. Yeah, yeah, I can set that stuff on the watch, but how tedious is it to press this button and that button over and over and over again? Much easier to just do it on my computer. How cool is that?

Timex IRONMAN Triathlon Race Trainer Kit (T5K263)

I like it.