Tyaan had been running with pain in her shins and we'd been treating her for shin splints. While getting it wrapped at school one day the trainer noticed it was sensitive to the touch and told her that it was probably a stress fracture rather than a shin splint. We took her to the doctor and got x-rays and sure enough she's got a stress fracture. Every time she ran on it there was a risk of it becoming a break. She wasn't practicing on it and was doing extra swimming to get the work out in without having to actually run on it. She wanted to run in league finals so she got it wrapped and we hoped for the best.
We were still hoping she'd pull off her letter time even though it was a lot to ask of her running injured on this tough course. She ran really well getting a time of 23:06. It wasn't a letter time, but it was a great time for her on this course and she finished 3rd on her team.
Unfortunately their team didn't finish high enough to qualify for CIF this year, but Tyaan really had a good season in spite of being sick, and then being injured. Her coach was happy with her run for finals and set up a time trial on their home course just for her so she could try for her letter. It was really great of him to do for her (she had missed the previous time trial since she wasn't practicing with the team every day) and he probably wouldn't have if she hadn't run so well this day. And the best news is she didn't leave with a broken leg!
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