With the summer season well and truly with us, many of you may be thinking of taking up this hugely popular pastime or you might well be seasoned regulars.

The high rate of running injuries makes focusing on prevention key. If you can prevent injuries, you’ll be able to run more consistently, reach a higher weekly mileage, do more challenging workouts – and ultimately, race a lot faster for longer. 

Prevention is essentially the ‘mirror image’ of risks or causes of injuries. If you understand those, then you know where to start.