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Marathon Tips: Running Injuries, Anxiety, and More
Attack of the Nagging Fears
What are you afraid of? Injury? Blisters? The wall? Whatever it is, there's a way to fight back when running anxiety strikes
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Hurdle Your Running Worries
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Getting Injured
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Falling Behind
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Tackling Hard Hills
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Failing to Hit Speedwork Goals
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Coming in Last
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Falling Off the Treadmill
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Hitting the Wall
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Gaining Weight
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Facing Resistance from My Family
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Feeling Exhausted on Hot Runs
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Getting Blisters from New Shoes
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Saying Goodbye to Personal Bests
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Not Finishing
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Needing to Take an Unplanned Pit Stop
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Never Getting into a Bucket-List Race
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Race-Day Anxiety
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Getting Lost or Hurt on Trail Runs
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Catching a Cold
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Not Running Again
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Fear of [Fill in the Blank]
Gaining Weight
The Fix: Check your consumption
Running does burn calories. It also increases your metabolic rate for 14 hours postexercise, according to a study published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. But that doesn't mean you can eat like a sumo wrestler. "Some runners overcompensate by routinely treating themselves to big meals or desserts, thinking the extra calories they've burned justifies it," says Laura Kruskall, PhD, RD, a sports nutrition specialist and nutrition sciences director at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "Unless they did a long run, it doesn't." Despite evidence of carb intake boosting performance before, during, and after running, you'll add pounds if you overdo it. "You don't need extra carbs for runs of an hour or less."
Think Positive: "Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos." —Don Kardong
More: Jog off 10, 20, 30 pounds or more—even if you haven’t run since middle school!
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