Gill text me late last night to say she couldn’t make our run on Thursday morning, so I decided a lie in would be a good bet for me. 🙂 Although I’ve only run once this week, I’m thinking it might be good / sensible to give my foot a rest. I’ll maybe do 5 miles tomorrow morning to keep my legs turning over before our long walk on Saturday.
Last night I emailed Santa Claus asking if he might want to get me this, a:
Right now, they’re selling on Wiggle.co.uk for £87.99 (with my 12% discount)… and I thought it would be a good present for me. A bit steep, but a good thing to be bought as a treat. Any review I’ve read have said it’s a great piece of kit, counts your laps, strokes per length, speed etc (apart from the steep price).
I just need to choose between the black one or the blue one. Wiggle says it’s going to be out of stock of blue ones until about April, so I think the only choice is to get the black and red one.
Here’s a short video which sells it quite well:
And here’s a review of it:
While watches for swimmers are not new, it’s only recently they have become advanced enough to automatically count your laps (lengths) for you. Previously if you wanted a watch to work out how far you’d swum you would have to manually hit a button every time you got to the end of the pool – not exactly ideal. However, a few years ago Swimovate developed a new technology which used algorithms to sense a break in the stroke pattern every time you turn around in the water. It works with all four strokes (front crawl, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly) and with standard turns as well as tumble turns though it won’t work if you change your stroke half way through a length. The watch will also work on either the left or right hand. It is this technology that is incorporated in Swimovate’s range of Poolmate watches – available in pink, blue, black and grey for £69.99 online.
No more counting lengths for me!! 😀