In my head there’s a different version of me. A different, invincible athlete. One that doesn’t know what Biofreeze is, how to find a stress fracture on an X-ray or how to decipher an MRI scan.  Someone who got to finish her freshman season of cross country and didn’t have to try and hide a limp during track. She wasn’t unevenly walking around the Rim Rock cross country course during the league meet to support her team — she was running it. That girl isn’t me. I’ve had three stress fractures in my legs in the span of a year. I know far too well how to numb the pain of injuries, how to limp through the last couple of weeks of a season. If I just stopped running that would fix all my problems… but I can’t. #storybylibbymarsh #pagedesignbyzanelaing #socialmediabyzanelaing #photobymaggiecondon