Archive | April, 2011

The running injury equation

Whether you run for fitness, pure enjoyment or to satiate your competitive urges, the one thing you have in common with your fellow runners is the need to avoid getting injured. In this article I outline the usual suspected causes of running injuries and their relationship to running technique.

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Know your running body

Review of the Pocket Atlas of the Moving Body by Mel Cash.  Published by Ebury Press.  Every runner should develop a good working knowledge of how their body works, what makes it hang together and most importantly where it can get hurt.  If you have run for a few years you might have noticed that [...]

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Personal best

Improved technique = new personal best at 34 years old. This was the C grade race on a night that culminated in the running of the 2009 men’s and women’s Victorian 5000m championships. There were no medals on offer for these competitors, just personal satisfaction at running the best race possible.

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