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?
This didn't exactly happen to me while I was swimming, but it was a disaster to me while I was watching my (then) ten-year-old son swim the 100 ***. Never one to miss a chance to get the edge, he decided all on his own that he was going to improve his turns. So.... imagine our horror as he came into the first wall, arms extended and at the last moment tucked his head and did a beautiful flip. Of course his hands did not touch the wall, only the feet. The officials hand went up signaling the obvious DQ, the coach leaped to the edge in disbelief, and we were overcome with disappointment. What was he thinking of? We all thought that he just forgot what race he was in. But.... at the next wall......flip...... and the last turn.....flip. By that time, the whole crowd was involved because he was seeded first and winning the race, but did not because he was disqualified not once, or even twice but three time for his turns. His explanation for his actions? He was just experimenting with his race.
(Footnote: He is still swimming and this last season set the Wyoming State record in the 100 ***.... all experimenting came before the race, not during. :D )
This didn't exactly happen to me while I was swimming, but it was a disaster to me while I was watching my (then) ten-year-old son swim the 100 ***. Never one to miss a chance to get the edge, he decided all on his own that he was going to improve his turns. So.... imagine our horror as he came into the first wall, arms extended and at the last moment tucked his head and did a beautiful flip. Of course his hands did not touch the wall, only the feet. The officials hand went up signaling the obvious DQ, the coach leaped to the edge in disbelief, and we were overcome with disappointment. What was he thinking of? We all thought that he just forgot what race he was in. But.... at the next wall......flip...... and the last turn.....flip. By that time, the whole crowd was involved because he was seeded first and winning the race, but did not because he was disqualified not once, or even twice but three time for his turns. His explanation for his actions? He was just experimenting with his race.
(Footnote: He is still swimming and this last season set the Wyoming State record in the 100 ***.... all experimenting came before the race, not during. :D )
