24/11/2025
🏃♂️ Rethinking “Too Much” Running: What the Latest Research Shows 🧠
A new study of over 5,200 runners tracked for 18 months reveals something really important for injury prevention: it’s not just about how many kilometres you run in a week - it’s about how you run in that one session.
Key take away:
Running a single session that’s more than 10% longer than your longest run in the past 30 days is a major injury risk.
Runners who exceed their previous longest distance by a moderate or large amount in one session face significantly higher rates of overuse injury.
Frandsen et al. 2025: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/17/1203