This year, I have really been focusing on strengthening my hips and knees, and discovering kettlebell hip marches has been a game-changer.
Why? As with many other runners, the areas I tend to feel the most pain in from running are my hips and knees. I convinced myself for too long that this was down to my height. Being taller, I had longer limbs to carry and this caused added strain, or so I told myself. But this was me simply ignoring the fact that working on strengthening these areas will in fact help injury-proof myself and just make me a better runner overall.
