great deal of strain on your musculoskeletal system, which can induce injuries such as shin splints, stress fractures, and knee, hip and lower-back pain. For a runner, though, the big drawback of cycling is that it is not specific. Our bodies respond

felt nauseous at the end of a run, but on this occasion I managed to throw up at the start line. As many of you will recall (with a patient sigh, no doubt), one of my many rib-fracturing incidents occurred shortly before my first big adventure run

for every running club in the country (runtrackdir.com).Sweet charity Don't assume that you can only do good by running. When Stephen Fothergill fractured his ankle falling down the stairs, he was devastated to miss his chance at running London 2010

of runners would be ill-advised to run 50 marathons in 50 days," says Patrick Milroy. "There are risks of chronic damage to your body by doing this sort of thing. Chronic stress fractures would be the main risk, and damage to your muscles. The body

between 30 and 50 miles a week when their partner conceived.The study revealed that the non-runners and those covering less than 30 miles a week had a 62 per cent chance of fathering male offspring – compared to the average of 51 per cent for the general

competed against at junior level, run in the Barcelona Olympics ignited a spark. If she can be an Olympian, reasoned Holmes, then so can I. Olympic ambitionsFour years later in Atlanta she achieved her aim, but a stress fracture curtailed her medal chances

scar tissue?How can I strengthen my ankles?How do I avoid a repeat ankle stress fracture? --Rehabilitating A Sprained AnkleI've broken my ankle. How can I return to running? --Lower LegCalf strains: Why they occur and how to treat them When I run, my

. It does help me to avoid some injuries, but it makes me extremely susceptible to tight calves and stress fractures of the metatarsals. The natural method of shock absorbtion happens during the heel strike phase, which obviously you don't benefit from as a

I had the accident.On August 15, 2000, I was in a head-on car crash. A guy came over a hill on the wrong side of the road and just took me out; he was in a BMW, I was in a Peugeot 106 so there was no contest. I fractured my left tibia and fibula

London Marathon in style...Nigel (aka bellyboybarnes) Finish Time: Didn't run due to a fractured hip Target Time: sub-3:00 Nigel says: I was gutted not to run. If it weren’t for my injury, I’m sure I would have run sub-3:00. Thankfully