Churches, Watches, and Soccer

Yesterday the band at church covered the Beatles and played “Can’t Buy Me Love” to end the Debt Free Acworth series.  I enjoy going to a church where they are willing to do different things and aren’t afraid to step outside of the box.  Pastor JR also gave a simple message on tithing that even a five year old could probably understand.  If you missed it you can get it off the podcast later this week.

Saturday I was able to go and buy the Garmin Forerunner 405 running watch that I have been wanting for the last several months.  I had told my wife that if I sold my drum set and r/c plane that I was going to get it.  I gave it a test run in a walk around my cul-de-sac on Saturday night and was impressed with the results.  It even located the satellites from inside the house.  Sunday evening I wore the watch to play soccer with a group of guys in the neighborhood.  Here is the result:

According to the watch I played for 1:20:00 and ran 3.48 miles.  Judging from the picture above, the data the watch creates is pretty accurate. I am looking forward to trying the watch out tonight on an actual run.