The Watches

The other day my son called and asked if I had a digital watch he could use. He is off at college and started running again. And like most people his age he doesn't use a watch on a regular basis, he uses his cell phone. Which can be a bit difficult on a run. I told him that I "think I may have one he could borrow." So I went to my bedroom and looked and found not one, not two, not three but four digital watches. And a dress watch. And an analog watch. I think I have my son covered. So who needs six watches? Who even needs two watches? Well, I do. Most of the time when I ref soccer I go out with two watches. One is set to count down and the other is set to count up. And there have been several times when a watch has died on me in the middle of a match. Usually when I only have one watch... And there is also when I go for a speed workout. I have one watch that records 27 laps and another that records 30. So between the two I can do 20 or so quarters with rest intervals. Someone might look at that and ask the question: "Why not get one watch that records more laps?" What! Then I would have five digital watches...