Another newbie question: how do you keep count of how many strokes/lengths/laps?

I can't see the clock while swimming (it's at the end of the pool) but I know about how much time should elapse for any given distance. When I'm doing longer swims of 400 or more I will do an open turn occassionally to check, if I lose track of lap count. Sometimes I'll lose track on a 200! Must be something related to age? Don't feel bad poolrat, I lost track doing 4x50 this morning. :laugh2: Babs, I use a little finger counter (which I obviously wasn't using this morning) . . . it looks like a tiny stop watch. My heart rate monitor has a lap feature, but you can't push the buttons under water, and it isn't convenient to lift my wrist out of the water on each lap :shakeshead: . . . not that it matters, I forgot it this morning too.

I can't see the clock while swimming (it's at the end of the pool) but I know about how much time should elapse for any given distance. When I'm doing longer swims of 400 or more I will do an open turn occassionally to check, if I lose track of lap count. Sometimes I'll lose track on a 200! Must be something related to age? Don't feel bad poolrat, I lost track doing 4x50 this morning. :laugh2: Babs, I use a little finger counter (which I obviously wasn't using this morning) . . . it looks like a tiny stop watch. My heart rate monitor has a lap feature, but you can't push the buttons under water, and it isn't convenient to lift my wrist out of the water on each lap :shakeshead: . . . not that it matters, I forgot it this morning too.