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Causes of Running Injuries
65% of runners will be injured in a given year. Runners will miss about 10% of their scheduled workouts due to injury. The best predictors of running injuries are
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High mileage
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Beginners
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Competitive runners
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Previous injury
Previous injury is the best predictor of future injuries because 50% of running injuries are a re-occurrence of an old injury.
Running injuries are a result of
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Genetics (lower limbs)
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Environment (shoes, training surface)
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Training methods (overuse)
Training methods account for 50-65% of running injuries. This includes doing
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Too much (more than what your body is presently capable of)
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Too soon (greater than 10% increase in weekly and long run mileage)
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Too often (consecutive running days)
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Too fast (recovery and long slow distance runs)