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RUNNING LOAD IS MORE THAN WEEKLY MILEAGE
When an injured runner presents, it's easy to ask: "How many kilometres are you running per week?" But that number tells you very little about how that training load was accumulated.
Two runners can both run 50 km per week while having very different training exposures.
A meaningful training history needs to go deeper.
A MORE STRUCTURED WAY TO REVIEW RUNNING LOAD
The Running Load Review is a practical template designed to help clinicians systematically explore the training variables that may be relevant when assessing an injured runner.
Rather than looking for a single "load error", it encourages you to examine the pattern of training exposure leading up to symptom onset.
8 TRAINING VARIABLES TO REVIEW
Frequency
How often are they running?
Density
How closely are sessions clustered?
Volume
How much running are they accumulating?
Intensity
How much faster running are they completing?
Hills & Elevation
Have the vertical demands changed?
Racing
How much competition exposure is there?
Surface
Where are they doing their running?
Cross-Training
What other training contributes to overall exposure?
TAKE A LOOK INSIDE
COLLECTING THE INFORMATION IS THE FIRST STEP
The Running Load Review helps you identify what changed.
The harder clinical questions are:
Did that change actually matter?
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Was it relevant to this particular injury?
How should training be modified?
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And when can that exposure safely return?
Who is the Running Load Review for?
For clinicians who:
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Regularly assess injured runners
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Want to go beyond simply asking about weekly mileage
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Want a more consistent approach to taking a running history
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Review Strava, Garmin or TrainingPeaks data with patients
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Want to better understand what changed before symptom onset