Hello and welcome to yet another gathering of the Run Pod Run Club. I'm Jenny Faulkner and in this

episode we are going to be talking about one of the most important parts of your body when it comes to pounding the pavement, an area, often neglected, but absolutely key to good, solid running, our feet.

And so today I'm joined by Emma Kirk O'Donubi, and she is, by the way, an awesome runner,

an Uber-fit cross-fitter, because I've seen her in class, and I shy away to the other side.

But more than that, she is also an injury and gate analyst and a trainer critic.

Oh yeah, this episode is your one-stop shop to all things feet related in running.

And Emma, you're going to be doing a lot of talking.

That's fine. Love that.

I love that you know everything about shoes and feet, though.

It's weird. It just kind of comes naturally because I've been in the industry since I was like 13 and

working with trainers for so long.

When people ask me a question, I just can't stop talking about it.

So you might have to do that.

When you say you were in the industry from the age of 13, how do you fall like the industry and what is the industry at 13?

So I started on the track in athletics when I was younger. So first joined a club when I was eight years old and kind of did laps the track and sprint sessions.

I think my mom just wanted to get rid of me and get me moving and running around because I had too much energy.

And then one day I looked and

saw people throwing stuff and I was like, I want to throw stuff. So went over, started throwing and

one of the coaches came up to me that I knew quite well and goes, hey Emma, do you want a Saturday job?

I was like, 13 years old. Of course I want a Saturday job. So he owned a place called the Jog

shop in Brighton, one of the kind of the first ever independent

running stores really that was set up. And that's where I first learned about footwear, shoes,

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