switching lanes in a race

This is somewhat embarrassing, but have been guilty of swimming in three lanes during a 400 im about 10 years ago. While swimming at a local meet, and after having a few too many drinks the night before, I managed to surface in the wrong lane on one of my backstroke turns, and if that wasn't bad enough, I came out of my underwater breaststroke sequence in the other lane beside me. It wasn't one of my best performances :) As I did not interfere with anyone, I don't think I was dq'd. I swam drunk in the Med once...to rescue a drowning air matress. Only other silly thing sports related is trying to bench press when drunk (I thought I was sober)...and the bar slowly inching down to my head as I lost strength...thankfully someone sober was there to rescue me lol

This is somewhat embarrassing, but have been guilty of swimming in three lanes during a 400 im about 10 years ago. While swimming at a local meet, and after having a few too many drinks the night before, I managed to surface in the wrong lane on one of my backstroke turns, and if that wasn't bad enough, I came out of my underwater breaststroke sequence in the other lane beside me. It wasn't one of my best performances :) As I did not interfere with anyone, I don't think I was dq'd. :lmao: Thanks for sharing.

I swam drunk in the Med once...to rescue a drowning air matress. Only other silly thing sports related is trying to bench press when drunk (I thought I was sober)...and the bar slowly inching down to my head as I lost strength...thankfully someone sober was there to rescue me lol While running in the Philly marathon, I was having a bit of a struggle... you know... you get pain in one spot, and that pain invites all its friends in, and after a while, I begin to feel as if I've had too many beers the night before... when I come upon guys giving out cups of beer. Normally I won't touch the stuff while racing, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Beer? YES! and I grabbed some when I passed the guys on the way back. I don't think I ran any better (and fortunately, there were no lanes to switch, but I was careful not ot zigzag back and forth on the street too much)--but I sure felt better! :drink: Read an article recently about the guy who swam the Amazon... says he drank about a bottle of wine per day... helped him swim more relaxed. Hmmmm.... wonder if he switched lanes a lot. ;)

And the 10 and unders won't try to do it. I remember shadowing all the 15-18 year olds when I was that age not so long ago. I tried to do everything they did. Walk, talk, prerace... everything. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that at the very least a seed gets planted. Honestly, I'd laugh if I saw you guys do that. But I think you can think of other things to do. Find a women's suit and bathing cap (one with the 3d flowers and strap) in the lost and found and swim a race with that. I'd be lying if I advised against a conspicious mooning of someone underwater. :mooning: my senior year of HS, we had a senior relay who tag-teamed a free relay with a Senior balloon. :groovy: