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Hello there, I'm Jenny Falconer here to welcome you to a very special bonus series of Run Pod on something key to running, feet.

Let's be honest, whether they're big or small, you've got longer short toes, you've got

high arch or you're flat-footed, our feet are key to running. But so many of us neglect looking

after them. We don't look after our feet properly and feet-related injuries are also high and

ultimately can stop you running, which let's be honest is what we want to avoid. So this week on Run Pod, I'm thrilled to be joined by top podiatrist, Liam McManus from

South West Podiatry, which is in London, and he's going to share tips, give advice,

hopefully answer some key questions about your feet, and we're going to be doing this over

the next few weeks.

So Liam, welcome to Run Pod.

Thank you very much for inviting me over. It's very kind of you. No, I mean, do you know, fee, everyone talks about feet. And you just

meet another runner and you're like, oh, have you lost any toenails? How are your blisters? I mean,

it's just what trainers do you wear? It's huge conversation for runners. It's absolutely massive. I had a little look at a survey from runners' world,

actually, the magazine, and 20% of people will literally have a foot problem now, runners.

Oh really? And that could be okay, but it could not be as well. Yeah. See, no, I have one.

I've got an ankle issue at the moment. You know about that. We might delve into that.

Forgey-with-that. You might have one. Although the thing is,

if you're outrunning now, don't start thinking that you have one and imagining ones there,

because that's the problem as well. If you start imagining it, then you could kind of like start

panicking about something that's not necessarily there. Absolutely. Yeah. Can we be preventative?

Yes. Okay, so we're going to have so much to chat about. First thing,

what does a podiatrist do? Oh, it's a really good question. So I suppose my role as a, I'm a

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