The Fear: Getting InjuredThe Fix: Train Smarter What is a runner's number one fear? No, it's not being pursued by the giant octopus on the previous pages, but injury, according to two-thirds of RW poll respondents. Start winning your battle

increase your speed and distance, and incorporate sufficient walk breaks and rest days, there's little chance you'll suffer an injury.I thought I'd eventually be able to run without walkingRunning continuously doesn't have to be your goal. Most runners find

What are your running fears? Injury? Hitting the wall? When the anxiety monster rears its ugly head, here's how to beat it - or even make it work for you.Beat your racing fears.Beat your training fears. Beat your health fears.

Elliott, triple Olympic championThe Fear: Not FinishingThe Fix: Start Slow and Run-WalkA DNF [did not finish] can torment you for years, especially if it comes after months of training for the race. There's no shame in dropping out with injury

performances and the fear that the injury will return begins to gnaw at you. It doesn't have to be that way. Many athletes come back stronger than ever after an enforced layoff - and if you follow this advice, you could be one of them.Plan to keep it real

to the injury itself. And a runner's ability has no bearing on that.Running as therapyThe Runner’s World community is a slice of running life. Visitors and contributors to the forums – not just the Injury section – will soon see that injury and its psychological

LSSM and FSMT.Injuries treated Muscle strains; sprains of the back, hips and leg muscles, particularly the quadriceps, hamstrings and calf muscles; shoulder, neck and arm soreness. When to go If you’re stiff or sore after a long run, or have a nagging

Chrissie Wellington is arguably Britain's greatest ever athlete. She remains unbeaten over the Ironman triathlon distance and amazingly took her fourth World Championship victory at Kona this autumn, despite nursing horrifically painful injuries

withdrawals from team England - Christine Ohuruogu and Lisa Dobriskey citing injuries and Phillips Idowu due to safety fears.A number of factors have deterred some of our most popular athletes. Falling in October, well past the traditional close

no longer carries out heel trims, and my foot is so painful that I fear I’ll have to give up running. Is there anything I can do? A From the description of your symptoms (stiff heels) and the operation you underwent (heel trim) it sounds as though your