Nutrition for Running
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Healthy Eating <strong>for</strong> Sport<br />
and Injury Prevention<br />
Iron deficiency can also be a potential cause of injury, low<br />
blood-iron levels will reduce the oxidative potential in the<br />
muscles. This will shift the energy production towards<br />
producing more lactate, which may contribute to muscle<br />
injuries.<br />
Frank Horwill, was the BAF coach, study involving 164<br />
cross-country female runners which found that a quarter<br />
of the athletes had low serum ferritin level (blood iron<br />
count) and that this low-iron group was three times more<br />
likely to be injured during the rest of the season than the<br />
other runners.
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