A Question For The Swimmers Who Know How To Count

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RichHYule Dec 2011 11:21am, 28 Dec 2011 2,934 posts	0 RichHYule I know I'm being more than slightly dim but I easily lose count of the number of lengths I swim. Does anyone have tips on how not to lose count?
TRO Saracen Dec 2011 11:32am, 28 Dec 2011 5,982 posts	0 TRO Saracen Buy a pool mate watch. Brilliant gadget - counts lengths (and thus distance, you programme in the length of the pool and it detects when you turn at each end), strokes taken and time and also calculates efficiency. About £60 IIRC
RichHYule Dec 2011 11:41am, 28 Dec 2011 2,937 posts	0 RichHYule Ooh, new stuff. heads to Google
GregP Dec 2011 11:44am, 28 Dec 2011 55,570 posts	0 GregP Or a Sportcount - cheap, cheerful, coolest piece of kit in the world.
xmashornet Dec 2011 11:45am, 28 Dec 2011 31,586 posts	0 xmashornet My stopwatch tells me if I've lost count.
RichHYule Dec 2011 11:50am, 28 Dec 2011 2,938 posts	0 RichHYule Thank you, all.
Argie Dec 2011 11:59am, 28 Dec 2011 8,627 posts	0 Argie do less laps? thereby reducing your chances of forgetting.
RichHYule Dec 2011 12:01pm, 28 Dec 2011 2,939 posts	0 RichHYule What comes after two?
Yorkshire Mince Pie Dec 2011 12:03pm, 28 Dec 2011 9,547 posts	0 Yorkshire Mince Pie I have a poolmate and I'm not that impressed tbh - if I count in my head too there's a serious discrepancy between the two - far more than could be explained by me losing count. I suspect that it might be because I swim in a small pool (at the bottom end of what it says it can cope with) but if it wasn't for the fact that I'm using it as a watch at the moment it would just float round the bottom of my gym bag.
hairlikeeddy Feb 2012 9:54am, 9 Feb 2012 417 posts	0 hairlikeeddy I use a cheap casio watch and check it every 4 and 8 laps to see what times I'm swimming. I know that swimming 7.30 give or take will get me to 64 in 30ish minutes.