Live to Run Another Day

author : chrisandniki

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Running doesn’t cause injuries – runners do. Nine out of ten times, running injuries occur because you’re overdoing something. You’re running too far, too fast, or too much.

Ask most triathletes which of their sports causes the most injuries. Undoubtedly you’ll hear the same answer in unison: “Running.”

Yet running gets a bad rep. Sure, running injuries are annoying. They may keep you from the race for which you’ve been training all year. However, running injuries are far from life-threatening. Consider these statistics from a 2000 U.S. Consumer Product Safety study:

While 8,000 people (aged 35-54) had running injuries which required emergency room treatment:

• 10,000 people (aged 35-54) had football injuries which required emergency room treatment,

• 43,000 people (aged 35-54) had cycling injuries which required emergency room treatment,

• 47,000 people (aged 35-54) had softball or baseball injuries which required emergency room treatment. [.....]

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  date: October 30, 2005