All too often in this profession, we see many endurance athletes in the middle of a training block preparing for that 10k, half marathon, marathon, ultra, triathlon, ironman. Training is all going quite nicely, and then bam. Injury strikes out of nowhere. Quite often, when questioning the athletes about what their training programme looks like,…
I have seen the following question quite a lot with runners but also across all sports….When is something a niggle and when is it an injury? And if it’s not stopping me doing what I want should I get a sport massage treatment? In my view a niggle is something that doesn’t stop you running…
For people wanting to run a marathon especially one of the more popular ones e.g. London and with quite often so few places actually available the temptation to run for a charity has never been stronger. Running for charity can be extremely rewarding but can also add a number of additional pressures onto what is…
This time of year is quite interesting as Christmas is now over and the New Year is on us. Then comes the realisation – I’ve got to run a marathon, half marathon, 10k, 5k this year. For some people they’ve got plenty of time to get ready but for others they have less time –…