We've all had them, your suit rips during a start, you accidentally sneeze on Michael Phelps, you burp or fart on the starting blocks, etc. (none of those happened to me...knock on wood).
What's your most embarassing swimming moment? (includes, meets, practice, anything swimming related)
Goggle trouble:
During my second masters swim meet last March, I had the worst goggle trouble. I dove in for my first event, the 100 IM, and my googles went down to my neck. I thought, well I have to keep swimming or I will be exposed as a real whimp. Then, I realized that I had my contacts in and couldn't drive home without them. So I meekly climbed out. Thank goodness I was in lane 1. The referee laughed as he handed me my DQ slip.
Then, I swam a 50 free with my goggles completely filled with water and almost missed the wall on my flip turn. Then I swam a 50 *** (this was stupid in and of itself) where my goggles were again water filled and on my nose at the finish.
I got out and attempted to tighten my goggles. I took them apart and then couldn't re-thread them because I am now getting old and far-sighted. So I couldn't see to fix them. I was about to scratch my last event and go home when my daughter arrived to watch. She fixed my goggles for me. Then, she roundly scolded me for not having extra contacts and extra goggles at a meet. (I didn't tell her about the 100 IM.)
Then I swam a nice 50 back where I had no goggle problems and did a PB.
I have now (after many pairs) found goggles that I like. I put them under my cap at all times. And I still like backstroke best.
Goggle trouble:
During my second masters swim meet last March, I had the worst goggle trouble. I dove in for my first event, the 100 IM, and my googles went down to my neck. I thought, well I have to keep swimming or I will be exposed as a real whimp. Then, I realized that I had my contacts in and couldn't drive home without them. So I meekly climbed out. Thank goodness I was in lane 1. The referee laughed as he handed me my DQ slip.
Then, I swam a 50 free with my goggles completely filled with water and almost missed the wall on my flip turn. Then I swam a 50 *** (this was stupid in and of itself) where my goggles were again water filled and on my nose at the finish.
I got out and attempted to tighten my goggles. I took them apart and then couldn't re-thread them because I am now getting old and far-sighted. So I couldn't see to fix them. I was about to scratch my last event and go home when my daughter arrived to watch. She fixed my goggles for me. Then, she roundly scolded me for not having extra contacts and extra goggles at a meet. (I didn't tell her about the 100 IM.)
Then I swam a nice 50 back where I had no goggle problems and did a PB.
I have now (after many pairs) found goggles that I like. I put them under my cap at all times. And I still like backstroke best.
