Gymnastics Christmas Invitational

     Yesterday I competed at my gyms home Christmas Invitational. It was terrible. I had been at the YMCA for 14 hours on Saturday watching my friends compete and helping work different parts of the meet. When I got their early Sunday, I felt sick. My head was pounding and I was sick to my stomach feeling as if I were going to throw up. The worst part was I didn’t have to compete until 5 and it was still before noon. I could barely get myself to eat even a little sandwich. I went most of the day with only the sandwich and a couple Excederine Migraines. Every time I competed it made me feel more nauseous. Then at the last event the messed up the setting on my vault. Between the altered setting and me being sick I competed horribly and dropped about a whole point off of my score. By the time I was done competing I felt so terrible I was in tears; which is something I really try to avoid at gymnastics competitions. But, even with all of this, I still got second place all around out of 6 people. Yes I’m frustrated that I didn’t do my best, but I honestly believe I did the best I could and I’m okay with that.

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