gymnastbeth
Moderator/Gymnast
...for running! My competitive club gymnastics season for the year ends next week, and highschool spring track starts! Today a friend and me went running for the first time in about a year, and went 5 miles. Phew, that was tiring.
I had my last club gymnastics meet this past weekend, it was a sectional meet, and I didn't qualify for states. I just got over a really bad tendon strain in my ankle, so I wasn't really expecting to, just hoping . So I'm going to have track practice 4 days a week for an hour. I pole vault, and it's a surprisingly fun sport, especially for gymnasts, we love flying through the air!
Anyways, my mom wants me to take off the spring from gymnastics. (Well, only going on saturdays, 5 hours.) And thinking about it, it seems appealing, I would actually have TIME after school! But I was also concerned, how much strength, skills, etc. would I lose, with only one practice and then 4 hours of track a week?
I want to do this, yet on the other hand, I'm afraid of what will happen to my gymnastics. I'm not planning on going to level 10 next year, or... ever in my gymnastics career. I'm honestly happy staying right where I am, but not losing anything. Would I lose more than I could get back in the summer?
Thanks!
I had my last club gymnastics meet this past weekend, it was a sectional meet, and I didn't qualify for states. I just got over a really bad tendon strain in my ankle, so I wasn't really expecting to, just hoping . So I'm going to have track practice 4 days a week for an hour. I pole vault, and it's a surprisingly fun sport, especially for gymnasts, we love flying through the air!
Anyways, my mom wants me to take off the spring from gymnastics. (Well, only going on saturdays, 5 hours.) And thinking about it, it seems appealing, I would actually have TIME after school! But I was also concerned, how much strength, skills, etc. would I lose, with only one practice and then 4 hours of track a week?
I want to do this, yet on the other hand, I'm afraid of what will happen to my gymnastics. I'm not planning on going to level 10 next year, or... ever in my gymnastics career. I'm honestly happy staying right where I am, but not losing anything. Would I lose more than I could get back in the summer?
Thanks!