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Challenge Your System

“No matter how good you are and how hard you trained, injuries keep you from performing at your very best and they always appear at the wrong time. One might say it is part of the game. Well, it may be part of your game, but it certainly is not part of my game.”

Powerful words from coach and educator, Henk Kraaijenhof. As a runner, do you find yourself on the rollercoaster of running, getting injured, then onto the therapists table and into rehab? It’s a ride no one enjoys. How do you break this cycle?

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