I swim lots and lots of long distance and often find myself drifting off in thought while staring at the little tiles on the bottom of the pool. Doing sets of 200s or 300s tends not to be a problem...it's the 500 and 1000 yds that I loose concentration. When I start concentrating on technique is when I'm most likely to forget what lap I was on! Is there a gizmo out there to help me out? I envision something I can hang on the wall that would advance with my flipturn. Does anyone have any tricks to help them out with the counting of laps? Thanks!
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OK, I admit I'm weird...
I've done 2500 or 5000 yd swims (not so much any more, since I care less about yardage totals). I also was a history major in college. So, for a 2500 swim, lap 1 is 1901 and I thought about something that happened in 1901, lap 2 is 1902, etc. I got so deeply into it that at the turn of lap 45, I stopped for a second as a kind of personal remembrance.
Like I said, I'm weird.
Matt
OK, I admit I'm weird...
I've done 2500 or 5000 yd swims (not so much any more, since I care less about yardage totals). I also was a history major in college. So, for a 2500 swim, lap 1 is 1901 and I thought about something that happened in 1901, lap 2 is 1902, etc. I got so deeply into it that at the turn of lap 45, I stopped for a second as a kind of personal remembrance.
Like I said, I'm weird.
Matt
