Hands up if you've never been injured. If your hand is in the air, you're in the lucky minority of triathletes who have never had to take time off training to recover from a sore calf, aching shoulder or throbbing knee.Triathlon is a great sport

(having never done that distance before) and later that day doing an 8 minute Mickey Mile with his brother? And then he wanted to do it all again!As for the adult Goofy Challenge, I got a calf problem halfway round the half-marathon and cramp on the full

in my back, a torn calf muscle and more. Silverstone Half, Reading Half, Sheffield Half and the Great North Run are just some of the runs I signed up for. My wife and three daughters all run so we are staying fit and so we can enjoy our food.Why do you

-day muscle fatigue, without the need to log long or hard mileage," says coach Susan Paul (trackshack.com). After two to three miles easy, do six to eight reps of squats, lunges and calf raises (if you're in the gym, add leg extensions and leg curls). Do two

and building core strength for good posture will help prevent injuries," says Pierce.Here's howAfter doing the envelope run (above), do two sets of the following: 30 seconds each of press-ups, squats and crunches; 60 seconds of planks and calf raises; 90

-Marathon in March, I've suffered from unrelenting tightness and pain in my lower left calf.After the race, I rested up for a month (a whole month!) but then, refusing to admit defeat, I was back pounding the pavements. On days off from the gym bike, I've been

. “I ran for an hour non-stop – I can’t believe it,” she says. “Admittedly, it’s a slow jog, but I’ve never in my life been able to do that before.” A muscle tear in her right calf had consigned Braidwood to eight weeks of bike rides and swimming. Her

. Important building blocks in a runner's diet are salt, potassium and magnesium, so when they are lacking a runner is prone to calf cramps. Leg cramps occur at night because we don't drink water or top up our electrolytes in our sleep.What's the cure? Gentle

) then a group or solo run: 12 miles and Turbo Trainer sessionJanuaryStarted well, with a few 5-mile runs in warm sunshine in the South of France. Weather back home was pretty awful so been doing plenty of hours on the turbo trainer as calf muscle injury

with weak and/or tight calf muscles can contribute to the problem, resulting in the Achilles tendon becoming unable to cope with the forces being applied to it. Eccentric Lower1 Stand on a step and perform a calf raise with both legs.2 Once high on your toes