Alison Marie Helms, Ph.D., C.P.T., a certified running coach, agrees that while injury is not always 100 percent preventable, strength training can “stack the deck in your favor.” The thing is, the ...

Even if it feels like everyone around you is training to run a marathon these days, less than 1% of the population actually conquers the iconic distance. Why? Because running 26.2 miles isn’t easy.