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For example, people differ in the way their tissues, bones and ligaments respond to increased training, said Dr. Gordon Matheson, an exercise physiologist and orthopedic surgeon at Stanford University and a past editor of the journal Physician & Sportsmedicine.
,You might increase your running 10 percent a week but I might be only be able to handle 8 percent a week,, Dr. Matheson said.
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In addition, Dr. Matheson said, some people ,can handle distance but not pace., He explained: ,It,s a big jump from a 9-minute mile to an 8-minute mile, and shock absorption can decrease substantially making that move.,