We need to talk about knees
We all hate getting a knee injury just like we hate getting any kind of injury. But when it’s the knee there’s an added sting to the...
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- Apr 16
- 7 min
London Marathon – The Inside Track
Hooray! London Marathon has come round again. It’s only been six months since I was hobbling round the course, waving at everyone in...
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- Mar 20
- 5 min
Plantar Fasciitis – going, going…gone?
My last blog focused on marathon training advice for the large numbers of you who are preparing for spring marathons. I hope it’s going...
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- Feb 12
- 10 min
Marathon training. All about the ‘other stuff’
If you’re training for a spring marathon this year your training will be well underway, and you will have a few weeks of running under...
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- Jan 2
- 5 min
A new year of running?
I started my year of running in 2022 in much the same state I’m starting 2023 – yes, you’ve guessed it – injured! Hardly surprisingly...
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- Oct 27, 2022
- 8 min
A message to London Marathon ballot winners
Whether you were lucky or not in securing a place in the London Marathon ballot earlier this week, you still, maybe even if just for a...
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- Sep 27, 2022
- 7 min
Getting to the marathon start (and finish) line
All I’m thinking about right now is how I must make it to the London Marathon start line and almost certainly (well, you never really...
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- Aug 29, 2022
- 5 min
Running through plantar fasciitis
In my last blog I listed off all my current injuries and niggles and the most worrying was the horrible pain I’m feeling in the arch and...
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- Aug 7, 2022
- 5 min
The secret to marathon training recovery?
As I write this I’m halfway through my 16-week London Marathon training plan. I’m torn between the feeling that eight weeks is simply not...
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- Jul 10, 2022
- 9 min
How to run on holiday (and still enjoy your holiday!)
How often have you signed up for a race, maybe even a really big one, but then nearer the time you realise you’ve got a holiday right...
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- Jun 12, 2022
- 4 min
Are you starting your London Marathon training?
Tomorrow marks 16 weeks until the London Marathon 2022 and this is when most marathon training plans start, including mine. It might feel...
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- Apr 24, 2022
- 4 min
Is running the most injury prone sport?
Given I am the Perpetually Injured Runner I can surely be forgiven for answering the above question with a definitive ‘yes!’ It certainly...
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- Mar 31, 2022
- 5 min
Weekly torture sessions and thrice weekly mirror gazing
In my first blog I mentioned a new treatment and rehab plan that I’m starting for an injury in my hip area. I’m only three weeks into the...
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- Mar 20, 2022
- 4 min
Introducing the Perpetually Injured Runner
Hello! I’m Rachel, the founder of Running Cards UK, and I am now the self-titled Perpetually Injured Runner. It’s taken me a few years to...
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