Over the next two weeks starting July 28th through August 8th I will be writing about the Junior Olympic experience,my thoughts and feelings, Laurens’ and Henry’s too. If you followed any of last years travels you know it will be eventful.
I have found that no two years are alike,the weather, people,athletes they are always different . As Lauren get older I see more excitement, and interest on just what is going at the meets and athletes participating. She is understanding much more why she trains and sometimes has to give up some “fun play time” to accomplish her goals on the track for that day leading to the big meet.
Well, practice is over and time will tell if what Coach Henry and Lauren have worked together on was enough to accomplish the performance objectives. This year we have some additions to our family travel group.Our friend Erikka and cousin Miah (Midget) will also be with us. Erikka (Young Women division) will travel the entire 2 weeks with us although she will compete only at the AAU meet .Miah(Midget) will travel the second half of the trip with My mom to Des Moines. This is a totaly new experience having so many people directly with us . I am thinking it will be a lot of fun for Lauren maybe not as much fun for Grandma 6 days in the hot Sun. Yikes I may have to leave her a few days by the pool to balance the experience. For sure she will be there on Finals day on Saturday the 8th of August.
I would love to hear your best practices on getting ready for the Junior Olympic e-mail me TrackMom at Gmail dot com or leave it below.
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