How to build running mileage without getting hurt
The ten per cent rule is a start, but it is not the whole answer.
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Increase weekly mileage by no more than ten per cent, include one easy week in four and strengthen your calves and glutes twice a week. Pain that changes how you run is a signal to stop.
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