But practice with improving form; improvement will be permanent.

Let this sink in a little.

Yes, this is an ultimate truth. And one we constantly have to get our clients to understand and remember.

One of our guys suffered a little injury - he had a broken window and he decided to clean the shards from the frame. You can guess what happened - one of the pieces fell from the top and the guy had to get a good few stitches. 

Ouch.

Now, besides that he did make a mistake - he misjudged the risk-reward ratio - all I can say is shit happens.

But he had an injury; he knows when it happened and why.

Same with running. If you injure yourself, you know when, how and why. Do you?

If you don't you have to improve... all the pains, aches, and a huge part of the injuries happen due to poor form. Which is a shame; you could have avoided it altogether since form is coachable.

Of course, much like to the guy above, accidents happen... but still! Accidents are one thing, but running with a weak body and bad form is like cooking the frog...

Have you ever heard about that? If you cook a frog, it won't jump out of the water because it accumulates to the gradual rise of temperature. Now, I am not sure; I never boiled a frog myself. But even if it's not true, it's a damn good analogy!

Much like you - if you keep breaking yourself down you will slowly get used to the symptoms until...

Either something snaps or someone gets you symptom free again.

The choice is yours.

And no, simply running more is not enough...

practice makes permanent, you remember?

The G