, training too much and training too little.So I went to Plan B: I interviewed the best running-injury experts in the world. Like the medical studies, the experts didn't always agree. But certain principles emerged. From these, I developed 10 laws of injury

to become injured is to train hard on a day when you're fatigued or feeling soreness or the pain of an injury about to happen. Even if you're following all of the rules – running on a good surface, warming up, stretching, using a hard–easy pattern – other

, training too much and training too little.So I went to Plan B: I interviewed the best running-injury experts in the world. Like the medical studies, the experts didn't always agree. But certain principles emerged. From these, I developed 10 laws of injury

of an impediment than a virtue. When you are building up to a longer race or coming back from injury, the temptation is to do it too rapidly.Prevention: Increase your mileage by no more than 10 per cent per week. 9. Not allowing yourself enough recovery timeTraining

, for example), ice the trouble spot after every run.Stretch gently but thoroughly after each run.Troubleshoot the injury you just suffered.Why were you injured in the first place? Did you run too much? Too fast? Was it a change of shoes? Check your training log