"Pain, stiffness, or recurring niggles aren’t failures. They’re signals that your body needs support, recovery, or a shift in training load." Running is a beautifully adaptable activity — but it places repeated load on the body. Most injuries don’t happen because something is “wrong” with you; they happen when the load you’re placing on your tissues exceeds their current capacity to tolerate it. Load vs Capacity: The Core Principle Load is everything that increases physica