As noted in "Swim Rant" I was DQ'd in the 100 M BR yesterday,after swimming a really great race for me(unfairly I believe.)I was talking to Laura Val who was DQ'd in the 200 BK after a WR time(unfairly she thought).She thought we should have a thread to ventilate,commiserate,etc.Has it happened to you?How did you cope?
I felt like leaving the pool and not competing any more,for about 5 minutes,then I felt really sad for about an hour. Then I woke up at 2:30 in the morning and had a terrible time going back to sleep.Finally I decided to focus my emotions on my next swim.Fortunately for me that worked and I swam a 50 M BR that I was really happy with.If I had swum a lousy 50 I suspect I'd still be in a funk.
So what about you?
By the way,we don't need to limit this to DQs,any meet disappointments that you want to vent about are fair game as far as I'm concerned.
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I was DQ'd on a 500 yd swim. Only went 450yds. Looking at the clock and seeing 4:53 was surprising and stomach churning...that time would have been the swim of my life! I knew when I saw the red 19 on the lap counter that it didn't feel right. I just wasn't paying attention. The complicating factor was that my wife was counting my laps... She won't count for me anymore. :)
I was DQ'd on a 500 yd swim. Only went 450yds. Looking at the clock and seeing 4:53 was surprising and stomach churning...that time would have been the swim of my life! I knew when I saw the red 19 on the lap counter that it didn't feel right. I just wasn't paying attention. The complicating factor was that my wife was counting my laps... She won't count for me anymore. :)
