Hi, I'm Debbie Boyles, coach at Mojo for Running, and this is episode number 12 of the Mojo for Running podcast.

Running injuries and common sense.

Akes and pains, running injuries, deserve more attention than any other running related issue.

After all, an injury can end your running career instantly.

And when that happens, nothing else matters.

Now, some of you are saying,

well, she said aches and pains and then running injuries.

There's a big difference between aches and pains and running injuries.

Well, here lies the very first problem.

Runners do get aches and pains quite a lot, and often they don't mean much of anything.

We all know.

Sometimes you start running and you have an ache or pain somewhere, but half a mile down

the road is completely gone and you forgot it ever happened.

That happens. But sometimes... but half a mile down the road is completely gone and you forgot it ever happened that happens but sometimes these things can actually be injuries think about it have you

ever had a cold just a bad cold a really bad cold you You feel dreadful, absolutely dreadful.

But you're not usually in any real health danger.

You just have to give it a few days and it goes away.

On the other hand, there are people who have very serious illnesses

who feel pretty good most of the time. Sometimes people

are terminally ill and there are no discomfort really until right before their death. So by that

same token, the thing about running injuries is that sometimes aches and pains should be considered

injuries, sometimes not. That's the way it is.

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