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?
Parents
Former Member
At a meet last month, I signed up for the 500 and put down my time of 7:45 or so. Then I noticed the best female swimmer at the meet put down 10 minutes. So she was in my heat. I tried not to be discouraged, but when I heard the gun lap and I was not much more than halfway done, I was pretty annoyed.
Then I did the 400IM. I'm still not very strong, so the other swimmers were starting to lap me. For some reason I got distracted going into the last 25 of backstroke. I looked over I think and subconsciously saw someone doing ***, and when I came out of the turn I freaked, did one stroke of ***, realized my mistake and went back to backstroke. Fortunately for me, it was a lowkey meet and the officials were BSing during such a long event and didn't notice, so I didn't get DQed.
Everybody screws stuff up or has bad things happen. I always learn something, though.
Alice
At a meet last month, I signed up for the 500 and put down my time of 7:45 or so. Then I noticed the best female swimmer at the meet put down 10 minutes. So she was in my heat. I tried not to be discouraged, but when I heard the gun lap and I was not much more than halfway done, I was pretty annoyed.
Then I did the 400IM. I'm still not very strong, so the other swimmers were starting to lap me. For some reason I got distracted going into the last 25 of backstroke. I looked over I think and subconsciously saw someone doing ***, and when I came out of the turn I freaked, did one stroke of ***, realized my mistake and went back to backstroke. Fortunately for me, it was a lowkey meet and the officials were BSing during such a long event and didn't notice, so I didn't get DQed.
Everybody screws stuff up or has bad things happen. I always learn something, though.
Alice
