Another sunny day in Eugene...

There was a slight change to normal proceedings this week as Session Saturday became session Sunday, which meant that there wasn’t a whole lot of time to get anywhere between the two big training sessions I had to do. However, all was not lost as a quick visit to the Ducks website told us that there was a new sport we could nip and watch down at MacArthur stadium - women’s stunts and gymnastics.

Although we were unable to stay for the whole competition due to the impending track session, it was pretty interesting to watch the team compete for points in a type of people-pyramid building competition. It looked pretty risky too as people were thrown up into the air and caught. Chris asked me if I would like to do something like that - I wasn’t so keen…it would probably resemble a plank of wood being thrown skywards and crashing down in an awkward heap. Either that or my legs would snap off or something equally painful.



Portland State's Stunts and Gymnastics team doing a pyramid routine

We were both worn out in the evening after all the training so we decided to have a quiet one and take the opportunity to watch the Oscars for the first time. This was probably the biggest waste of four hours since we have been on the trip, and we were glad when it finally finished. It’s something to tick off the list but we certainly won’t be tuning in for future ceremonies.