Currently I use a Timex Ironman wristwatch to time my pool intervals. The watch has got a countdown timer that beeps after the interval, then restarts the countdown, perfect for doing repeated intervals.
However, some of my intervals get pretty long and I have trouble holding a specific pace. I'd like a pace clock that I can see while swimming, which probably means an underwater clock. Does anything like this exist? Cursory searches have not turned up anything.
Does anyone have any other ideas? Specifically I've got workouts like a 1000 yd time trial. I swim in a short course pool and it is easy to swim a 950 or 1050. When you are going all out it is sometimes hard to keep count. Today's workout is 1 main set of 2500 done at 1/2IM pace. Currently, I set my wristwatch to beep every 7:30 and I try and match every 500 yds to that timer. My only idea at this point is a digital stopwatch that I can set underwater near the wall, with numbers big enough to see from 5 yds out.
However, some of my intervals get pretty long and I have trouble holding a specific pace. I'd like a pace clock that I can see while swimming, which probably means an underwater clock. Does anything like this exist? Cursory searches have not turned up anything.
Does anyone have any other ideas? Specifically I've got workouts like a 1000 yd time trial. I swim in a short course pool and it is easy to swim a 950 or 1050. When you are going all out it is sometimes hard to keep count. Today's workout is 1 main set of 2500 done at 1/2IM pace. Currently, I set my wristwatch to beep every 7:30 and I try and match every 500 yds to that timer. My only idea at this point is a digital stopwatch that I can set underwater near the wall, with numbers big enough to see from 5 yds out.