I’m posing this question because I’m heading towards my own record for the longest injury. I recognise that not all injuries are created...

I’m now 15 months into the lifecycle of my current injury and it’s proving as stubborn as ever. I can run a little; two or three easy 5ks...

It’s been a while since I wrote my last blog. I left it so long as I wasn’t sure what to write. Back in November I was offered and...

Just over a year ago I wrote a blog saying that I’d never run another marathon. Well, that didn’t last very long as I’m about to go back...

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...

Hooray! London Marathon has come round again. It’s only been six months since I was hobbling round the course, waving at everyone in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tomorrow marks 16 weeks until the London Marathon 2022 and this is when most marathon training plans start, including mine. It might feel...

Given I am the Perpetually Injured Runner I can surely be forgiven for answering the above question with a definitive ‘yes!’ It certainly...

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...

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...