RUNNING FROM INJURY

This book is about dealing with the greatest heartache any runner can
experience, injury. You will gain knowledge and training methods that will
help you to manage current injuries and avoid future injury. After all, every
athlete wants to be able to train free from injury and achieve a consistency
that allows them to improve.
The knowledge imparted in this book is presented in the form of an
adventure. Peter, an everyday dedicated runner, was pursuing his dream of
trying to be the best he could be. He set attainable goals and dedicated
himself to fitting his life around his training. But like so many athletes, his
dream was shattered time and time again by injury of one type or another. By
the time Peter was pursuing his PhD in sports science, he still harbored hope
of achieving his running dreams. He stepped back and took a real hard look
at his running and all the associated injury problems. At first, he made a
modest plan to improve the situation in the hope that it would allow him to
achieve some form of consistency. The more consistent he became, the more
the buzz and joy of running returned to him and the more his performances
improved. In the end, Peter achieved far more than he could have dreamt of
as an athlete but more importantly, he retired on his own terms and not
because of injury. He still runs for fun now.
As a reader, you will receive insight into the disappointment associated with
shattered dreams; but you will also receive a roadmap out of the despair
associated with injury. This roadmap is in the form of an alternate training
method that enables athletes to train consistently. These methods are not the
conventional methods used by many long-distance runners. Great detail is
given in relation to how and why these methods proved effective.
There is nothing magical about 100-120 miles per week of running. And
although high-volume running methods suited me in my own running career,
I found out as a coach they are not suited to many runners. I have since used
many of these methods to coach runners of all levels. Athletes, of all levels,
are always looking for ways to improve via new training methods. To me, the
definition of education is an open mind. Read this book, you will enjoy it and
come away more educated