Moving Beyond Weekly “Distance”: Optimizing Quantification of Training Load in Runners

Abstract

It may be difficult to change the running culture's obsession with weekly distance, but advanced and emerging methods to quantify running training discussed in this commentary will, with research confirmation, improve training monitoring and injury risk stratification. <i>J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2020;50(10):564-569. Epub 1 Aug 2020. doi:10.2519/jospt.2020.9533</i>.