Comments on: Easy Lap Counting With Pebbles

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:08:16 +0000

This works great – When I swam I would really lose count so I did something very similar. Started with pebbles, but I kept sinking to the bottom of the pool so I just used a bottle cap on the tiles that surrounded the edge – moving it one space every lap.
-Joe

By: fitman

fitman — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:35:09 +0000

H Lee D: Yep, that works, too. However, I sometimes don’t have a choice (like when my wife is out and the kids are home). We live exactly halfway down a 0.4 mile dead end road, so I do laps back and forth when I can’t leave the neighborhood. Kinda boring, but it works.

By: H Lee D

H Lee D — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:33:02 +0000

Depending on what your area is like, you can map out a path that is the distance you want to go. One lap. And if there aren’t shortcuts to get back, there’s no cheating

By: fitman

fitman — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:13:39 +0000

Blaine: Absolutely. You don’t want to carry around a pocket full of rocks on a big run – though that might add a bit of cross training to the equation.

By: AndrewENZ

AndrewENZ — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:56:54 +0000

I’ve lost count even when I’m wearing my gps!

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:26:01 +0000

Great tip! I’ve used a lot of different methods and while I wouldn’t want to use this if I’m doing dozens of laps somewhere, it’s a perfect solution for laps in the single-digits.