Following a meet the Sat just gone I would like to share my disasterous experience with you all and to create a thread where people can share their similar dissapointing experiences...
I was all physced up to do 100BR - hoping for a new PB - dived in and - oh no my goggles start fill up! I completethe first 50 and just have to stop as I can't see the wall or anything. I of course get DQ, but was so angry since the goggles were fine in the warm up. As you can imagine for every other event that day I had my goggles strapped so tight I could have stopped my blood flow!
Anyone else want to share simillar experiences? Suits fallen off - stopped too early - wrong stroke?
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At last week's New England Masters Championships, I was standing on the blocks waitng for the 100 Free. But I didn't hear the starter say "take your marks" or the beep (I was distracted by a conversation behind the next lane -- my fault). I knew the race was starting when I saw the other swimmers dive in. Probably cost me 3 or 4 seconds :( (but I didn't get DQ'd, so at least that's a plus).
Of course, a good argument can be made that any time I race it's a disaster :) .
At last week's New England Masters Championships, I was standing on the blocks waitng for the 100 Free. But I didn't hear the starter say "take your marks" or the beep (I was distracted by a conversation behind the next lane -- my fault). I knew the race was starting when I saw the other swimmers dive in. Probably cost me 3 or 4 seconds :( (but I didn't get DQ'd, so at least that's a plus).
Of course, a good argument can be made that any time I race it's a disaster :) .
