Pool swimming - how to manage Intervals *during* the swim ?
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Re: Structured Intervals - screen for swimming in the pool.
Hi everyone,
I just came from GarminLand to a Suunto Run, and did my first pool swim today. I’m disappointed… I’m used to see metrics like “duration” and “distance” for the current interval, and also (on another screen for example) of total duration + distance. These are very different things, interval time vs total time, both important DURING the activity (if I can see it later in the App, great!, but I’m not checking my phone while I swim). Once I’m done with the interval, say 200m, I push a button, rest at the wall, during that time the watch shows “rest time” (among other things, maybe total time, total distance, whatever), then I push again the same button to start a new interval and the watch resets the counters so I see 0m and 0min0sec … I don’t want to see something like 21min43sec when starting a new 200m interval (or whatever I choose to want to swim then) and then have to do the math in my head while I swim to know my speed - it’s useful to have an idea of my pace while turning at the wall to know if I’m going too fast, too slow. Either way, I’m having trouble finding how I can simply see metrics (time, length swam) for individual intervals while swimming, instead of just total values - for that I might as well just have bought a chronometer…
I spent quite some time looking for this and cannot find the answer. I looked into buying an Apple Watch but ditched the idea after realising it could not do what I ask above - kept getting the same answers “the AW is a smartwatch, a lifestyle thing, not a sports watch”. So, it was between another Garmin or a Suunto and I was eager to make the jump, I like the design, the clean interface, the brand. I’m starting to be a little scared that a “sports watch” like my Suunto Run (which I presume shares the same Apps to the other Suuntos in the ecosystem, the Race S, Race 2, etc) cannot do something so simple ?
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Can someone help: I misplaced this post (my first in the forum) in the wrong topic. It should be under “watch Suunto Run” or something more related to general pre-installed apps (shared by all watches) or specifically for swimming. Thanks.
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@tailwind_mrs
Same here, pool swimming metrics for this watch is always the key for me to decide giving up on Garmin or not. And finally i bought Sunnto AGAIN~(race 2).not sure if the followings will cover your concern:
- There’s no Pause button in Suunto to split the intervals like the LAP button on Garmin watch.
- Top right button will stop total timer/distance but won’t split your intervals the way you want to review from the app after the total session, similar as what Garmin top right button does. And timer/distance will not start from 0 when you do next interval by pressing the top right button. At lease, in Suunto the rest timer is visible which Garmin doesn’t.
- bottom right button is just to manually split your interval and won’t Pause your activities, which is useless for me.
- sunnto will Pause automatically just a few seconds when hit the wall, and I’ve been tested my interval timing by left hand garmin (pause by pressing lap button) and right hand suunto (pause automatically) and guess what, sunnto is acceptable.
- Try Suunto Plus named “Send off”, or “Swim timer” which might fulfill your demands on pool swimming.
- Meantime, try to customize your activity data watch face, your will see your interval distance, timing, swolf, etc.
