Tokyo Marathon

Seiko, official timer of the Tokyo Marathon, have announced new watches in their “Super Runners” series to commemorate the 2009 race. All have timers up to 99 hours so should be able to cope with even my marathon pace. Priced from 12,000 to 20,000 yen officially, but expect to see them discounted as usual at your local electronics emporia.

Personally I was burned on my first ’sports watch’ purchase, acquiring a seemingly all-singing Casio G-Shock which I subsequently realised would a.) not time beyond 1 hour and b.) the digital stopwatch was unreadable except in bright daylight, even with its own built in-light. So I made a giant leap forward in timing technology and bought a 1960’s designed watch proven to be capable of timing the odd important event.

I wore it for the rain-sodden 2007 Marathon and it performed perfectly unlike its owner.