team-nastics

Northern Lights 2018 GTC Level 9 Team 1st Place

Beach's personal meet was a rough one.  All her warm ups looked great but when it came time to compete she ran into trouble on each event. It's all part of the package. Gymnastics is a sport that has more lessons than anyone person has time to learn. 

We've agreed (in jest) to never speak of this meet again. That was right after Beach turned to me and said, "I am glad to have had this experience so I can be a better teammate.  It wasn't easy but I am glad to understand what this is like. I know it wasn't good gymnastics but... it was good something."

Then she laughed and repeated a line we joke about all the time when we need a little prospective. It comes from a story Coach Lindsay tells about a meet she had as a gymnast. A meet a lot like the one Beach just had. After the meet Lindsay's mom who was a supportive, loving mom all through Lindsay's gym days tried to pull Lindsay before awards. When Lindsay protested her mom exasperated blurted out, "You think you're getting any?!"

It's raining this morning in Minneapolis. When the rain breaks we will walk once more the couple of blocks over to the convention center.  This time with all our luggage in tow. Watch their teammates who made it to finals. Way to go GTC!!! After that we will make our way to the airport and fly home.