[swiftyer]

swiftyer on April 17, 2005 at 3:01 am #10705

Do you wear a special piece of apparel that you just can’t go to meets without? Everything from necklaces, to rings to even socks, tell of your lucky object that makes you feel like a winner.
Feel free to tell any stories invovling the charm tingermabober. :tumble:
For me, I wear this gold necklace that my dad gave me when I was younger. Whenever I take it off to play a sport, something bad always seems to happen. Ex, 3 years ago, I pulled a chest muscle from diving to catch a baseball; or 2 years ago, I nearly died when 3 guys tackled me at the same time in rugby. Therefore, I just keep it on all the time. Lol.

[thechosen1]

thechosen1 on April 17, 2005 at 3:45 am #44018

i dont need luck:tumble:

[flight05]

flight05 on April 17, 2005 at 9:07 am #44019

me neither

[the800mman]

the800mman on April 17, 2005 at 9:59 am #44020

you make your own luck
(wear red undies because red is the fastest color)

[cobras100mgld]

cobras100mgld on April 17, 2005 at 8:32 pm #44021

i wear the same socks to every single race, havent been washed in a year and a half; superstition of mine lol. also since we cant wear jewlery over here i keep my necklace in my shoe

[acsianray]

acsianray on April 18, 2005 at 12:47 pm #44022

havent been washed in a year and a half?!?!?! man thats like ideal for athletes foot….. the only object i wear all the time is my knee brace, but its definitely not for luck. 😀

[cobras100mgld]

cobras100mgld on April 18, 2005 at 6:34 pm #44023

never thought about that:eureka: i really should wash these things but i got this from our 100m record holder, so ill stick with it:cool:

[trackhead3000]

trackhead3000 on June 23, 2005 at 10:48 am #44024

i wear my compression shorts from my first year running when i was 9y/o, i will wear them until they rip

[runningman07]

runningman07 on June 28, 2005 at 9:50 pm #44025

It's not so much a good luck charm as my OCD. Whenever I am racing or doing an important workout, my socks and shoes must match in brand, ALWAYS. It just happened once and now I can't stop. I do need luck every once and a while.

[tkelly5]

tkelly5 on June 29, 2005 at 10:59 pm #44026

Nope, nothin lucky here.  I did used to be superstitious about this one necklace I wore during races, but I forgot it one day and still won, so kinda stopped worrying about that. 
Actually, me and my friend have a superstition that the last person into his blocks is the first one across the line, but thats more of a joke and a way to get into everyone else's head then anything else.  Kinda funny if two guys are both trying to be the last one into blocks.

[captinpain]

captinpain on July 3, 2005 at 8:50 am #44027

From now on my lucky thing to do is not wear my watch. In the 3 races since I haven't worn my watch I've PBed huge in them all. I dropped my 200 time by .2 and then again by .1 and I dropped my 100 time by almost .2

[flow]

flow on July 15, 2005 at 4:48 am #44028

I have this ritual before  big competitions,  it started with the nationals.

about a month before: shave  bald as in total devotion to the sport,  letting less
                                    women "bother" you
on racing day:    NEVER schave the face or you´ll loose the race (sounds better in
                            German) (wer rasiert verliert)
standing behind
the block:            i kiss those things that hang on the gold chain around my neck.
                            how do you call that thing? it has a maria and an angel on it….