'No pain, no gain' shouldn't be runners' training mantra, experts say

As a training motto, it is as dated as a Jane Fonda aerobics video.
“No pain, no gain has been debunked, especially for runners,” said Jean-Francois Esculier, the vice-president and director of research and development with The Running Clinic. “Some of my patients think that running with pain is normal. It’s actually not normal to have pain when you run.”
Esculier is doing a post-doctoral fellowship at UBC and is a physiotherapist at Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Cl