// By Hayden Shearman // In the space of 14 days I’ve lost four days out with a cold and two (so far) with a tweaked neck. Super frustrating! But, as runners, it can be easy to get down about these setbacks. So how can we deal with them when they do come along? Here[…]
By Hayden Shearman // The obvious answer to the question above is that something in your body—whether it be bone or soft tissue—can’t handle the stress you’re putting it under. For distance runners, that stress isn’t usually from a one-off exertion but a small repeated exertion over time. In other words, running injuries are usually[…]
By Hayden Shearman Two weeks ago I raced a half marathon. Thanks to a good downhill battle to chase down the leader over the final few KMs (btw, I just missed the win by an agonising 5 seconds) my body was left pretty beat up. But my mind was ready to knuckle down into the training[…]
Emma Mackie is a runner and triathlete and physio with a particular academic interest in the treatment of soft tissue injuries with ice. And it turns out we’ve been doing it all wrong! Hamish and Hayden also share their top tips for recovery and we catch up on all the news from trail running, road[…]