You don't need to run every day to be a runner

Was at the orthodontist during practice, and i found out i will get braces within a month, and basically have them until my mission. Also finally went and got my liscense. Saw galen there. Was going to go for a run, but my ankle has been giving me a great deal of pain today, so i figured another day to stretch and ice it wouldn't hurt. Playing basketball was my exercize today. I was putting my older brother to shame, which dosen't happen much. Can't waith for JJ and church ball to start.

2.5 warmup, 4,6,4,6,4,6,4. Times were not at all fast: my ankle wasn't agreeing with me. 1.5 cooldown. Went up the canyon and took an ice bath afterwards. I got to fly an airplane today! Easily one of the coolest things i've done. I got to fly right over my house, saw a bunch of team members houses, and got to go all over the valley.

Slow miles. I hung back with howie today, since my ankle wasn't the happiest. I know that the best thing to do would take about a week off, but it's the middle of the season with westlake right around the corner, and i know i can PR by a lot. I might not run tomorrow, but if i do it will be less than 30 minutes.

Nice and easy. I want my ankle to be fresh for tomorrow. Turns out it's a stress fracture. Will run until westlake, then take a break from running and bike and swim a lot.

We got there a few hours before my race, so it was nice to sit around for a while. We set up camp right next to PG, which was nice. My race: My first mile was 6:05, but i thought it would be around 6:40. I was right with max and zack, and i didn't notice this for a while. i freaked out when i saw them and surged for a good 200 meters. Parker ran his first mile in 5:45, and after that he jogged the rest of his race. On the third lap parker stayed with me, and i put in one of my weakest kicks ever but still beat him by 10ish seconds. My anlke was hurting the whole time. Itook some ibuprofen before, but i don't thinkit helped me much. This makes me really mad, because I still PR'ed, but i had a decent race, with a stress fracture. If i can have a good race with no injuries, i could have been more than a minute faster today. Before i hurt my knee, i was tailing craik in the summer, who ran a 17:13. I can be sooooo much faster.  The varsity boys race was super exciting, especially the top 3 finish. Garek showed everyone what a kick should be. I still can't believe that casey won! Our team came in 4th behind af, desert hills and provo. When we were leaving i couldn't find our bus and i almost got a ride with the AF team. Thankfully i found seth who knew where the bus was. Not a bad day, but i know i can do so much better.

no run today. Ankle in a great deal of pain. It takes me about 30 seconds to go down a flight of stairs.