our big ben costs just ten

Jen forgot her watch at home. Not a big deal, we meet at the same spot each time we do this run. She heading from work to home and me heading from home to whole. Still, we often laugh about not having a particular watch because we always have at least three laying around. On coffee table, counter and sometimes there is pile of fresh dirty clothing still steamy from the run with watch on top of old smoky all covered in mud. Not a Rolex, a heart monitor or even a nice sport watch; a “mere” ten dollars at wally world or Walgreens. But its value is in its’ price. We aren’t timing 50meter dashes; we are timing 1000meter repeats. The watch is plenty accurate for training purposes and it has a small price tag. The watch works, so does Jen on her way but no watch today.