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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...