 | Training for the London Marathon and want to be injury free? By now you are probably running lots of miles per week building up your cardio fitness to peak performance ready for the marathon. |
Marathon training and a few points to consider
- The more miles you run the greater the risk of short term and long term injury!
- Is the type of training you are doing really helping you get stronger and prepared?
- Are you getting good nutrition to fuel your training and recovery?
- Have you a good stretching program in place?
- Are you ignoring those niggles, aches and pains?
- Feet ok? Black nails, blisters foot and heal pain?
If 'no' to any of these then you could be missing a big part of the jigsaw
- The right training is the key to running a marathon, just banging out the miles won't do it and you risk overuse injuries which can set you back weeks in recovery. Interval and core training will unlock the door to endurance sports.
- A good diet, rich nutrients is the best fuel to maintain a training program.
- Stretch those tight muscles or they will learn to stay tight, a tight muscle will create a tight joint and stiffness.
- Get professional help for those niggles early with a sports massage, it could be more costly to fix if you leave it hoping the aches will just go away
- Look after your feet or they will let you down, get good running shoes and have gait analysis to assess your foot health, a foot out of neutral requires more muscle strength to restrain it an so will lead to early muscle fatigue, stress fractures etc
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