This was not a run. This was gymnastics. I am actually posting it on Tuesday the 23rd, because I got back from gymnastics at approximately 9:15 pm last night. Anyway, for some reason, the warm up was shorter than usual, but that's okay, because no push ups are fine with me. ;-) Then we went to tumble track, and I did the world's worst dive roll. Then we went to balance beam. I don't usually go to balance beam, because (okay, this is going to sound utterly stupid: prepare yourself!!!!!) I am always afraid of whacking my feet on the beam next to me during the dismount. Okay, there are a couple of other reasons too, but that's my main phobia. And the end beam is about four and a half feet high, and it's the skinniest one. The other end beam is always covered in little kids doing handsprings. But I went to beam anyway, and surprised myself by, for the first time in my life, doing the routine perfectly! Too bad the coaches didn't see any of it. They didn't even know I was practicing it. As long as the coaches say it's okay, you can pretty much do anything you want in this class. I also took one run on the vault and worked on the big trampolines. They just got a new vault, and it's cushioned. My friend and I were bouncing up and down on it yelling "Squishy! Squishy!" Mostly that was her, though. I was trying to figure out why anyone would want to make a vault cushioned. The big trampolines, (we call them the big tramps) are four or five feet off the ground, and super bouncy. If you bounce hard enough, you can go fifteen feet up into the air. My friends and I used to wonder what would happen to to you if you got stuck in the rafters. It hasn't happened yet, though. ;-) Anyway, I practiced arials (still needs work), back flips (still needs work), seat drop turns (also called 'swivel hips' -- very easy for me, hard for literally everyone else in the class), and front flips (just mastered it). If you don't know what any of those mean, just post a comment and I will let you know. Oh yeah, and I laughed a lot with my friends, but that's not really an event. ;-) | 