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)
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Goggle trouble:
During my second masters swim meet last March, I had the worst goggle trouble.
I don't practice starts and have never been comfortable diving in with goggles. So most of the time I don't wear goggles in meets.
Then I swam a nice 50 back where I had no goggle problems and did a PB.
On backstroke, I often don't use goggles even during workouts. My awareness of my swimming surrounding is just so much greater without goggles in the backstroke.
Now on to my embarassing moment. I must have been 9 or 10 yrs old, and was in a 50 breastroke race. Got up on the block, and started like a bat out of hell. Only problem was I was swimming freestyle. So halfway thru I realize what I was doing and switched to breastroke and finished the race. Afterwards, my dads comment was that I realized I goofed up, only because I was winning the race at the time.
Goggle trouble:
During my second masters swim meet last March, I had the worst goggle trouble.
I don't practice starts and have never been comfortable diving in with goggles. So most of the time I don't wear goggles in meets.
Then I swam a nice 50 back where I had no goggle problems and did a PB.
On backstroke, I often don't use goggles even during workouts. My awareness of my swimming surrounding is just so much greater without goggles in the backstroke.
Now on to my embarassing moment. I must have been 9 or 10 yrs old, and was in a 50 breastroke race. Got up on the block, and started like a bat out of hell. Only problem was I was swimming freestyle. So halfway thru I realize what I was doing and switched to breastroke and finished the race. Afterwards, my dads comment was that I realized I goofed up, only because I was winning the race at the time.
