i can't remeber why im doing this...
gymnastics is a love hate relationship. Can't live with it and i can't go without it. It makes me so angry how little people understand about this. I hate going to the meets and thinking "Wow there is no way that little less-than-a-minute routine could accurately illustrate all the work and all the life that this girl has poured into this... She must have been so devoted to have come this far, and no one can imagine..." How can this make sense? We devote our lives to 5 minutes worht (or less) of routines that we may very well completely bomb at a meet that we have to $50 just to attend... i don't get it. It seems like knowledge for knowledge sake.
But I can't quit, not now I've spent too much and I'm not even sure what all I've gained so far... "Is this it?" i find myself asking.. "A shoulder injury, splits and a few flips that hurt from my new aquired lack of arm strength.. Is this it?"
when I meet someone and they find out im a gymnast they almost always say "I did gymnastics when i was four but i quit. I wish i could flip.. thats so cool" and they continue to fantasize (either that or they are just trying to make some sort of compliment) But is it "so cool"? 9 years.. and im not gonna make it anywhere farthur than a high school team. Besides once you hit 25 you're jepordizing your health and will probably break your neck (litterally). So those of you that are runners can do that for the rest of your lives(for the most part) and I get 18 years at most... thats it?
I would change sports, but i long for the feeling of flying while being upsidedown that is. Besides I've spent so much time doing this that im not good at anything else. So im stuck doing a sport that will result in artheritis and bad knees.
"Is this is?" I ask myself, one more time before turing out my light and sliding into my sheets at 1:30 in the morning.
But I can't quit, not now I've spent too much and I'm not even sure what all I've gained so far... "Is this it?" i find myself asking.. "A shoulder injury, splits and a few flips that hurt from my new aquired lack of arm strength.. Is this it?"
when I meet someone and they find out im a gymnast they almost always say "I did gymnastics when i was four but i quit. I wish i could flip.. thats so cool" and they continue to fantasize (either that or they are just trying to make some sort of compliment) But is it "so cool"? 9 years.. and im not gonna make it anywhere farthur than a high school team. Besides once you hit 25 you're jepordizing your health and will probably break your neck (litterally). So those of you that are runners can do that for the rest of your lives(for the most part) and I get 18 years at most... thats it?
I would change sports, but i long for the feeling of flying while being upsidedown that is. Besides I've spent so much time doing this that im not good at anything else. So im stuck doing a sport that will result in artheritis and bad knees.
"Is this is?" I ask myself, one more time before turing out my light and sliding into my sheets at 1:30 in the morning.