All four years of high school I was on the track team. I ran relays and was a pole-vaulter. I spent four years practicing hours on end vaulting just so I could improve my plant, form, and increase my clearing height. My Jr. year I was competing at a track meet and it was my turn to vault on the opening height. I took off down the run way planted and as soon as lifted off the ground I felt an excruciating pain my right quad. I cleared my starting height by a mile but when I hit the mat I knew something was wrong. I had to roll myself off the mat because I was in so much pain. It took my coach and my dad a minute to realize that I was hurt because my vault looked normal. I had pulled my quad muscle to the point that it had knotted into a ball
