EXERCISE scientists at Leeds Beckett University (LBU) are calling out for marathon runners to take part in a study that will examine a link between perfectionist traits and injuries.
Statistics suggest that as many as 92% of longdistance athletes pick up an injury each year.
Partly, this injury rate is linked to workload, but Dr Gareth Jowett from the LBU School of Sport will investigate whether personality traits such as denial and self-blame along with perfectionism also have a role to play.