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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Oh, I just remembered one more!!! It was at Stanford Univ in California. I was NEVER a butterfly person, I avoided it at all costs because I was a backstroker only. Well, we entered the 400 medley relay and I was supposed to do the backstroke as usual. Well, we had to switch people around because our flyer left early, etc., etc. No one could swim the fly so I got changed to swim the 100 fly. I kept telling them I couldn't do it, I had never swam anything past a terrible 50 fly. The other relay members were saying their fly was awful to look at; I was saying I couldn't swim it.
Guess what? I had to do the fly. At 60 yards I quit swimming, I got out of the pool at 75 yards, I absolutely quit. I knew I couldn't finish it. And the best thing about this is: many people actually congratulated me on knowing my limitations. My teammates said: why didn't you tell us? I HAD told them. Idiots!!!
Donna
Oh, I just remembered one more!!! It was at Stanford Univ in California. I was NEVER a butterfly person, I avoided it at all costs because I was a backstroker only. Well, we entered the 400 medley relay and I was supposed to do the backstroke as usual. Well, we had to switch people around because our flyer left early, etc., etc. No one could swim the fly so I got changed to swim the 100 fly. I kept telling them I couldn't do it, I had never swam anything past a terrible 50 fly. The other relay members were saying their fly was awful to look at; I was saying I couldn't swim it.
Guess what? I had to do the fly. At 60 yards I quit swimming, I got out of the pool at 75 yards, I absolutely quit. I knew I couldn't finish it. And the best thing about this is: many people actually congratulated me on knowing my limitations. My teammates said: why didn't you tell us? I HAD told them. Idiots!!!
Donna
