Running PTs Podcast

Roderick Sewell is a paralympic athlete and multiple gold and bronze medalist who represented team USA at the 2014 and 15 pan pacific para-swimming championships and 2015 CanAm para swimming championship. Roderick recently made history as the first ever above the knee amputee to complete the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. Listen as he gives insight on growing up as a bilateral amputee in sports. 

Find him here: 

Website: www.rodericksewell.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/rsewell92

Challenged Athlete's Foundation: www.challengedathletes.org

Jana is a first grade special education teacher who was a high school and collegiate level athlete in cross country and track for Scarsdale High school and Fordham University. She is an awesome runner, who currently runs with the Prospect Park Track Club and also serves as a member on their social committee and director on their board. She brings her father, Mike Trenk, on the episode to discuss how he inspired her love for running and their shared goal of chasing a sub three hour marathon. 

Find Jana and Mike here: 

Jana instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janjanjana/?hl=en

Jana Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/7390620

Mike Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/10861048

Prospect Park Track Club: https://pptc.org/

Angela Sekely is a PhD candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Toronto, Boston Qualifier, and an avid runner. In this episode, Angela discusses the mental aspect of running, parallels between clinical psychology and running, as well as her experience running the Boston Marathon. 

Kelly Bryant Wellness is a yoga alliance experienced registered yoga teacher, registered prenatal yoga teacher and a certified personal trainer. In this episode, Kelly discusses women's health along with post/pre natal running and training tips. 

Brodie Sharpe is an Australian based physiotherapist and owner of the Breakthrough Running Clinic. In this episode Brodie discusses his ebook, "The Universal Principles to Overcome Any Running Injury" laid out in ten lessons from running adaptation to how pessimism, perfectionism and personality relate to running. 

Listen as we discuss what cadence is, whether changes in cadence can be beneficial or not, is there an ideal cadence, and tips for sticking to a cadence. 

Andrew Cantor, a former collegiate runner for Salisbury University who competed in cross country and track and field events, discusses training plans, running philosophies, and providing perspectives on his past and future races.  

Rachel Schneider has been a professional runner since 2014 after being a 9-time All-American at Georgetown University. Listen in as she describes what it is like to be an elite runner. 

Listen as we discuss running recovery in terms of sleep habits, basic nutrition and hydration tips, the use of modalities and tools such as massage guns, colds baths, and compression as well as mindfulness and meditation. 

Listen and discover our take on running topics such as:

"Should people with flat feet, or those who overpronate, run?"

"Is running really bad for your knees, joint, and arthritis?" 

"Do you have to stretch before you run?" 

"Is barefoot running, or minimalist running, the best?"