Fdip171: Why Runners Break

Published: Jan. 23, 2009, 5 a.m.

b'There are plenty of reasons why runners break.\\xa0 The human body is a fantastically robust and adaptable organism, but it has it\\u2019s physical limits that, despite our good intentions through hard and long runs\\u2026can often lead to injury.\\xa0 The problem is that our willpower is often far stronger than our bodies power to absorb stress.\\xa0\\xa0 \\nYou have within you the power to accomplish great things, and run impressive races\\u2026while at the same time you have the power to run yourself into the ground, and break that body that you\\u2019ve been fortunate enough to inhabit.\\nAlways remember that our human bodies are amazing pieces of equipment but compared to the surface of the planet, they are just small squishy things\\u2026and you know what happens when you take a small squishy thing and throw it at the side of a mountain\\u2026it squishes.\\nDon\\u2019t squish yourself.\\xa0 Run long, fast and hard\\u2026but never over the physical limits that mark your own structural integrity.\\xa0 Your body can do great things, but not if you abuse and overuse it out here, on the road.\\nShow Links:Fdip Blog of the Week: \\u201cBroken Heart\\u201d was by Black Lab:'