Pole Vaulting

Both girls are taking track this year.  Poor Nicole has had a rough start.  First she had an awful cough and took antibiotics for bronchitis.  Then she started having knee pain.  The pain was so intense that she hobbled around like an old lady.  We took her to the doctor and she was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatters disease. OS is very painful, but not as terminal as it sounds.  The main treatment is rest which kind of puts a damper on running track.  Things are improving so she will be slowly reintroducing some track activities.

One of the events she's decided to try is Pole Vaulting.  There's a generous older guy in a nearby town who is happy take kids interested in learning pole vault under his wing.  Since our own track facility is pretty basic and doesn't even have a pole vault pit, it's necessary to travel to nearby schools.

She had her first lesson this week.  Sounds like it's a pretty tricky process, but she's willing to do it again.

She obviously needs to gain some height, but it's not bad for the first day and a girl who hasn't been able to do much track conditioning.  Fingers crossed for no more health problems. . .