Doctors of Running Podcast

What it is

Physical therapists talk about running shoes and the body that wears them. Most weeks the panel compares new road shoes by category, such as super shoes, max-cushion trainers and stability shoes, and between those they answer listener questions on injuries, form and training with reference to the evidence. Brand product leads and university researchers join now and then to explain how a shoe was built or what the research shows.

Why listen

• Shoe comparisons sorted by use, from daily trainers to race shoes, with picks for specific needs such as knee pain or bunions.
• Myth-testing rounds on topics like footstrike, soft shoes and injury risk, and arch support.
• Interviews with product leads at Adidas, Hoka and ASICS on how specific race shoes were developed.

Hosts

• Matt Klein Regular host from Doctors of Running, a group of physical therapists who review running shoes and write about running science; he writes many of the site's shoe reviews.
• Andrea Myers Regular co-host and Doctors of Running shoe reviewer.
• David Regular co-host in recent episodes (surname not given in the notes); recent notes cover his Boston Marathon and ankle rehab.
• Nathan Regular co-host in recent episodes (surname not given in the notes).

Recent guests

Good for

• choosing running shoes
• shoe questions tied to injuries
• evidence-minded runners

Listen

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