Candy, does this mean you have fallen out of love with your new length counting gadget? I seem to recollect you saying you were having problems with the buttons?
i got my brain in a terrible muddle at one of the milton keynes duathlons, 12 laps on the bike! so do i come in when i've counted to 12.. or at the end of the lap where i counted 11 or .. or...
and trying to resolve this whilst going as quick as possible and not losing count was a real 'mare!
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I usually go 1...2...3...4...5...etc respectively each length
your method sounds a lot simpler
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Don't you have staff, then?
which usually turns to a determined '3,7'..'4,6' etc on alternate strokes.
oh and i usually count in 50s to reduce the mental load
even then i have to resort to checking my watch occasionally and dividing by 2ish.
Well.
Nearly.
mind you when i'm running i work out average pace in my head to keep myself occupied.
10. was that 15 or 16 lengths?
20. call it 15
30. swim another length
40. goto 10
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She counts in 100's and then reels off the laps to get to that 100, like in a 25m pool its:-
0:1, 0:2, 0:3 0:4, 1:1, 1:2...etc...
Not tried it yet, but it seems to make sense to me...!!
i'd start crying if i tried to apply that approach
yes... but thats still only 6's per 100!
but I know what you mean... (I have a similar problem in my 'main' lanes training pool!!)
does this mean you have fallen out of love with your new length counting gadget? I seem to recollect you saying you were having problems with the buttons?
10. will this be 15 or 16 lengths?
20. call it 15
30. swim another length
40. goto 10
you were trying to explain your new approach on friday night but the swaying stripes were making me seasick ;-)
0:1, 0:2
but 1:1, 1:2..
for some reason it does work better when you have the number of the length you are doing in your head from the beginning of it..?!
and trying to resolve this whilst going as quick as possible and not losing count was a real 'mare!
ok..... Well, I'll try it tonite... (in the 17m pool!!!!)
....with armbands
at least he uses incontinence speedo's..!!!!
*beam* to WW.