Last March, I wrote a blog in response to the "holy shite" moment that many had when Mary Lou Retton casually mentioned having thirty surgeries to repair a long list of gymnastics-related injures. On that date, I was up to seven surgeries-which felt awesome in comparison. Today? Today I am back on the couch after … Continue reading A Revisit: Mary Lou and the Thirty Surgeries
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Mary Lou & The 30 Surgeries.
At the end of last year when it was announced that Mary Lou Retton was in the fight of her life, one of the side notes was that she’d had some thirty surgeries to repair a long list of injuries spawned by her gymnastics era. Gymnasts everywhere thought, "Oh, yes, that makes sense."
Who Dunne Wrong?
A controversial Monday thought: I think we do, as women, have a responsibility for how we project ourselves and, as a result, how men look at us.
My (2nd) First Gymnastics Meet
I’ve been to endless gymnastics meets as a competitor and a coach, but as a normal person? Why wasn't I expecting the circus like atmosphere? And what had I put my parents through?