I'm sure each of us has one race (or maybe more) that has some special :groovy: :applaud: :wave: :banana: :laugh2:
meaning to us and it could be for any one of many reasons. (I'm not talking about embarrassing moments; this has been addressed elsewhere.)
I'm talking about swims/races, some moments of which live with incredible clarity and details in our memories and minds (in colour -or B&W, with sounds and possibly smells -chlorine, of course.)
I won't tell about mine (I have three about which I'm very proud) for a while. Not until regulars have told their stories and some would-be-posters (a.k.a. lurkers) have also shared.
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Late 80's, the Masters Canadian Nats (scm) being held where I lived (Vancouver) & I broke my toe (spiral fracture, toe pointing to ceiling) 7 days before. Taping helped with warmup (turns hurt big-time), but tape would come off by the end of race. Did pretty well, but not happy (what if I hadn't...) so when it came to 50m *** I resolved to just forget the pain. Personal best by .3 and new Cdn record 32.67. Toe was interesting...
Late 80's, the Masters Canadian Nats (scm) being held where I lived (Vancouver) & I broke my toe (spiral fracture, toe pointing to ceiling) 7 days before. Taping helped with warmup (turns hurt big-time), but tape would come off by the end of race. Did pretty well, but not happy (what if I hadn't...) so when it came to 50m *** I resolved to just forget the pain. Personal best by .3 and new Cdn record 32.67. Toe was interesting...
