I have been to several running events using my Nike Tiempo Natural II IC – which is for soccer – and I bought these for recreational basketball. These are not the best shoes for running and basketball but they served the purpose of not having me wear the Forrest Gump Nike shoes.

I sustained minor injuries to my ankles, shins, and knees after my second 10-kilometer run; this was due to lack of stretching before running and to wrong choice of shoes. So, I bought my first “real” training/running shoes – the Nike Free 5.0 v4.

These will be put to test at the track tomorrow.

Those 1 bazillion-lap Timex Ironman watches were too expensive so I bought this oldtime Casio F-91W.

I was choosing between the mustard yellow and the blue model; disliking the gold push-buttons of the other, I went for the blue one which has silver push-buttons.

The stopwatch function will serve its purpose during my training runs (and I will know precisely how much time gets wasted staring at Facebook).