Dawn of running season

You know it's the dawn of another running season when a major Canadian newspaper gives it readers a primer. Oh, and the weather is nice.

Check out the Globe and Mail's coverage, from numbers that drive runners to how not to hit a wall.

“With running there’s this natural gravitation towards crunching numbers,” says Michal Kapral, editor-in-chief of Canadian Running Magazine. “You’re always asking yourself, ‘How far am I going? How fast? What’s my pace per kilometre? How do I convert to pace per mile? If I ran this pace for a five k what would I run it in?’ ”

And I didn't know it's important to boost your iron: "Without enough iron, your aerobic capacity is reduced and you’ll fatigue early," writes Leslie Beck.