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Female runners are 2x more likely than their male counterparts to sustain s running injury. Many point to a difference in lower extremity mechanics as a reason (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/24444222/?i=5&from=gender%20differences%20and%20running%20injury). This does seem plausible but considering the most accepted sedition the of "running injury" meaning a loss of training days as a result of the injury (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/25808527/?i=4&from=jospt%20and%20running%20injury) could it be that females just have more common sense than males? Meaning they actually stop running when they feel pain but makes run through it.

As with most things in science it is almost certainly a combination of factors. And typically the human mind is likely more involved than most physical scientists would like to admit.

Gender differences in hip and ankle joint kinematics on knee abduction during running. - PubMed... Eur J Sport Sci. 2014;14 Suppl 1:S302-9. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2012.693953. Epub 2012 Jun 19. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't