Durations

The stopwatch in the workout header is planned wall-clock time — how long the written workout should take in the pool. Each interval gets a duration in seconds; the header sums them (including set repeats) and rounds to the nearest minute.

workout minutes = round(total seconds ÷ 60)

Interval seconds cover all reps in that line (set repeat is applied when totaling the swim). Info-only lines and intervals with no distance or timing contribute nothing.

How each interval is timed

Send-offs

Wall-clock time is the sum of send-offs for every rep.

4 × 100 on 1:30 → 6 min

Rest intervals

Swim time from difficulty pace, plus rest after each rep.

10 × 25 rest :20

No timing

Distance only? We estimate from pace — see imputation below.

200 free easy

Pace per 100 when we estimate swim time (yd or m)

Recovery2:00/ 100
Easy1:45/ 100
Moderate1:30/ 100
Hard1:18/ 100
Max1:08/ 100

Two-pass imputation

  1. Pass 1 — explicit timing. Intervals with send-offs or rest get wall-clock seconds from those clocks. We also track total timed distance.
  2. Pass 2 — fill the gaps. Untimed intervals with distance borrow the workout’s average seconds per 100 from pass 1, scaled by stroke and difficulty. If nothing was timed yet, we use the difficulty pace table above (same paces as calorie estimates).

Stroke time tweaks (imputed intervals)

Fly +15%IM +10%Breast +8%Kick +5%Back −5%Pull −2%Drill −10%
4 × 100 free moderate on 1:30

4 reps × 90 s send-off = 360 s → 6 min for that interval. Repeating the whole set doubles the swim total.

200 free easy

No send-off after a timed main set? We impute from the workout average (~90 s/100 for moderate neighbors), then adjust for easy pace (~1:45/100). A lone untimed warmup uses the easy pace table directly.

Planning guide — not a personal split

Your actual pace
Lane traffic & turns
Coach talk between reps
Equipment not modeled

Duration is always an estimate. Add send-offs or rest to swim intervals for the most accurate planned time; untimed distance lines inherit pace from the rest of the workout.