TRAIL

This week, Matt chats with Australian Marathon runner Julian Spence (2:14, lake Biwa, 2019), he represented Australia at the World Athletics Championships, Doha 2019. Julian is the host of the popular "Inside Running Podcast" and owner of the Running Company in Ballarat and founder of RunStrong online coaching. Julian chats about how he got into running, what his current training looks like, and what to look for in a running shoe.

This week Matt chats with Paul Mackinnon to discuss all things running, and his philosophy on running technique coaching.  Listen to the podcast at https://trail.latrobe.edu.au/blog/ or on iTunes at TRAIL podcast. For more information check out https://www.thebalancedrunner.com.au/

This week, Matt chats with Dr. Daniel Bonanno who is a senior lecturer within Podiatry at La Trobe University. Daniel discusses all things running and a recent paper and infographic on foot-strike pattern that he published with other members of the TRAIL research team.

In this episode of the TRAIL podcast, Melissa Haberfield speaks with TRAIL Ambassador Ellie Pashley ahead of the upcoming London Marathon. Ellie speaks about her recent return from injury, the 'ins' and 'out' of the only Marathon to take place this year, her current training, advice around training for recreational runners, and the latest in race-ready footwear. The 2020 London Marathon will involve elite-athletes only and will take place on October 4.  

Christian Barton, BPhysio (Hon), PhD is a physiotherapist, with his research and practice focused on the management of persistent knee pain and osteoarthritis, and running-related injury. He is a current MRFF Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP), based at La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine (LASEM) Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia. He also leads numerous projects related to facilitating patient and health professional education via digital and social media through the Translating Research Evidence and Knowledge (TREK) initiative.

Christian is a Communications Masters (Journalism Innovation) graduate (2018), and the Director of Communications and Knowledge Translation Research lead at LASEM. He is an Associate Editor and Deputy Editor for Social Media at the British Journal of Sports Medicine and serves on the board of the Victorian Branch of the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Association. Christian is regularly and invited speaker both nationally and internationally, presenting on knee pain and osteoarthritis, running injuries, and using digital and social media for science communication. He runs numerous courses on knee and patellofemoral pain, and running injury management in Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe and Scandinavia.

Our guest on today’s podcast is none other than Dr. Peter Brukner. Peter is an Australian medical doctor who specializes in Sport and Exercise Medicine. Peter has worked as team doctor for The Liverpool Football Club, The Australian Olympic Team, The Australian Cricket Team, Collingwood and Melbourne Football Clubs and has a strong affiliation with the Melbourne University Blues Football Club and Powerhouse Men’s Hockey Club.

More recently, Peter has founded the non-for-profit initiative Sugarbyhalf and is the author of the popular book ‘A fat lot of good’. Peter is also the co-host of his own podcast titled “Brukie and Burgo” where, he and High Performance Guru Darren Burgess dive into the world of health and performance.

In part 2 of this 2 part series, Peter and Matt discuss the role of inflammation, the influence that nutrition can have on inflammation, and what we can learn about the importance of nutrition on managing the capacity to run. 

Our guest on today’s podcast is none other than Dr. Peter Brukner. Peter is an Australian medical doctor who specializes in Sport and Exercise Medicine. Peter has worked as team doctor for The Liverpool Football Club, The Australian Olympic Team, The Australian Cricket Team, Collingwood and Melbourne Football Clubs and has a strong affiliation with the Melbourne University Blues Football Club and Powerhouse Men’s Hockey Club.

More recently, Peter has founded the non-for-profit initiative Sugarbyhalf and is the author of the popular book ‘A fat lot of good’. Peter is also the co-host of his own podcast titled “Brukie and Burgo” where, he and High Performance Guru Darren Burgess dive into the world of health and performance.

In part 1 of this 2 part series, Peter and Matt discuss Peter's involvement in medicine, elite-level sport and how a personal experience made him re-evaluate his approach to nutrition.

Our guest on this episode of the podcast is recreational runner Tyler Scarce. As well as being the face of TRAIL, Tyler is an accomplished recreational runner (since 2012) and has run a total of 11 marathons (since 2013). Most recently, Tyler ran the Berlin Marathon in September 2019 and crossed the finish line in a blistering 2 hours and 44 minutes. Tyler has a history of knee injuries and has in fact had knee surgery.

Our first guest on the TRAIL podcast is Australian long-distance runner, Ellie Pashley. Ellie currently holds Olympic qualifying times for the 10K and the Marathon. In addition to being an elite-level runner, Ellie is a physiotherapist working in Torquay.