Calories in – Calories out = Weight Management. An elite runner needs to pay as much attention to their caloric intake as the runner or walker trying to lose weight. While Weight Management and Nutrition can be very complex subjects, if you understand the whole concept of “Calories In – Calories Out = Weight Management”, you’ve jumped the first hurdle.

If you have just started running, you probably have no idea what an iliotibial band is, let alone where it is in your body. If you have been running for years, you fondly refer to it as your "IT band". This is a very commonly irritated area in a distance runner's body. Definitely a top ten injury contender!

Are you eating right, exercising and still seeing the same number on the scale? Get to know these 5 diet-killers and watch that number shrink right along with your waste line.