with the injury demons by increasing weekly mileage by no more than 10 per cent, separating long runs, tempo runs and speed workouts by at least 48 hours, and understanding that more isn't always more. "There is evidence that clocking over 45 miles weekly can
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.
you run into a wall, climb it, go through it or work around it" Michael JordanThe Fear: Not Getting into a Key RaceThe Fix: Plenty more Fish...Remember that London and New York are just two marathons among hundreds. OK, so London filled its 125,000
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
as 'a fit bloke who runs a bit', managing a 1:06 10-miler off not much training and getting close to his goal of a sub-3:00 marathon. Last June he was out for a run when he slipped and smashed his knee on a concrete wall. "I damaged my medial knee
disrobed and lying beneath a sheet. A massage generally lasts between 30 and 90 minutes. Case study When Sophie Wright, 16, pulled out of a recent 400m race with a stiff, sore back after just 10 strides, she feared the worst. She’d thought back problems
from a bike accident the week before.Then there's her Ironman World Record, which she set on her first Challenge Roth race in 2009 and she has smashed every year on the course since - it now stands at a jaw-dropping 8:18:13. We could be forgiven
Games it's not a holiday, it's another championships and you have to go out there and do well." England have finished second in the medal table in the last three Games, with 110 medals in 2006 and 166 in 2002. "Maintaining our second place spot
no longer carries out heel trims, and my foot is so painful that I fear Ill 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
