Welcome to the Running Explain podcast. I'm Elizabeth, a marathoner, running coach, and answer seeker.

When I became a new runner at the age of 29, I had so many questions, but it felt like I was on my own to figure all of the answers.

So now I'm here to answer all your running questions to help make you a better, smarter,

faster runner.

There's no question too simple and no topic too complex.

So let's get started.

My guest this week is Suzanne Hamilton, sports podiatrist.

She's just one of a handful of podiatrists in Northern Ireland in the UK to actually have postgraduate work in podiatric sports medicine.

And she does drop in the episode that she works with some athletes who went to Tokyo.

We do not find out which ones, sadly enough.

But she's at the top of her game and helping athletes return to the top of their game whenever they encounter a foot or lower limb problem.

I guarantee you were going to learn something you did not know when you listened to this episode.

Suzanne, welcome to the show. I'm very excited to have you here.

Thank you, Elizabeth. Thank you for having me on. I'm delighted to be here.

So you're joining us from across the pond, and I'm very excited

about hearing about your history and background, and I ask all my guests to share a bit about

themselves. Tell us about your background as an athlete and how you ended up as a sports podiatrist.

I feel like athlete is probably not the right term to use for myself. I'm always

somebody that has loved sport. Certainly at school and university level, I played a lot of field hockey.

That was my sport. Really, really enjoyed it. But just as I went through the universal life

and started my early career, it slowly fizzled out. But around the same time,

I then started working in sports. So unfortunately, whenever you're working in sport, it means

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