·        Building Slowly    

The body will improve when it is gradually introduced to a little extra work with rest in between to recover and rebuild. Some stress followed by rest stimulates the body to rebuild better and stronger to cope with the additional workload. Runners should build to a platform and stay there until it becomes comfortable and then increase the workload by a little. This way the body is pushed beyond what it is used to and the runner will see improvements. However this more cautious approach will not expose the body to the risk of injury associated with rapid increases in duration and speed over a short space of time. This can in turn lead to a potential hazard if the injury occurred whilst on a training run.

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