The 10 laws of injury prevention from RunnersWorld.com

 In the mid-1970s, Runner's World medical editor George Sheehan, M.D., confirmed that he was hardly the only runner beset by injuries: A poll of the magazine's readers revealed that 60 percent reported chronic problems. "One person in 100 is a motor genius," who doesn't have injuries, concluded the often-sidelined Sheehan. To describe himself and the rest of us, he turned to Ralph Waldo Emerson: "There is a crack in everything God has made." With all the amazing advancements in sports medicine, you'd think that our rates of shinsplints and stress fractures would have dropped since Sheehan's era. But 30 years after running's first Big Boom, we continue to get hurt. A recent runnersworld.com poll revealed that 66 percent of respondents had suffered an injury in 2009.

The 10 laws of injury prevention from RunnersWorld.com

writing about running: 5 Important Steps for the Track and Field Union

If you had't heard yet, Track and Field is unionizing. This has been brewing for a few years with the development of the Track and Field Athletes Association aka TFAA. What started as a small group of enthusiasts, has gained some major traction with the endorsement and membership of the biggest name in the sport, Usain Bolt. 

writing about running: 5 Important Steps for the Track and Field Union

5 Things I Learned From the Pros After I Keeled Over | Trail And Ultra Running

3.  They had a very specific, and minimal, nutrition plan, and stuck to it.   While I tend to just eat what sounds good, the pros had a very limited selection of items and they ate them on schedule without much deviation.   Somehow, they seem to be able to override their “palate preference” and just eat what is scheduled – gel, water, sports drink, whatever.   To me, this just further shows how mentally tough they are – I want to throw gummi bears at people by hour 13.   I don’t know if I could eat only gels for 24 hours.

5 Things I Learned From the Pros After I Keeled Over | Trail And Ultra Running