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14. Listen to your trainer and don't over do it...

I am still nursing an injury from 3 years ago when I joined the marathon training team... Did the couch potato to 5k to get prepared for the beginning of the training. Made it to 12 miles and then had a hip flexor injury and tore a ligament in my big toe. That damn toe STILL kills me sometimes. And, the PT for the hip flexor? Horrid. My PT was at a facility that was primary for the local high school football team. Big kids with knee injuries and the such, doing exercises that looked horrid. They would grimace when my therapist would stick her hands about 3 inches into my abdomen while moving my intestines out of the way to get to the hip flexor to work on it. One kid asked how I kept from crying.

So, seriously, ease into your running. Be smart and most importantly, be very careful running outside in snow/ice. I got hurt running hills to improve my time. Injuries suck.