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HAPPY HOLIDAYS PREVENT INJURY IN 2010 ENHANCE RUNNING ECONOMY During a typical year, about 65 percent of runner suffer from serious overuse injury. Running-specific exercises which focus on injury-prone areas of the leg, ankle, and foot reduce the risk of injury in those areas. In this DVD, we divide the lower limb into eight often-injured parts - the foot, shin, calf quads, hamstrings adductors, iliotibial band, and buttocks and prescribe the key injury-preventing exercise for each area. The exercises take just 10 minutes to perform and should be carried out three to four times a week. They can be performed on an easy or high quality training day and make a nice addition to a warm-up routine. The drills not only limit the risk of injury: They also improve running specific strength. Thus, they enhance running economy and expand stride length, making you a more-efficient, faster runner. Not bad for 10 minutes of effort!