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 a returning guest, physiotherapist Brody Sharp, all the way from Australia.

Thank God for the internet.

In the US, we call him a physical therapist,

and he is an online clinic treating runners, and he's also the host of the Run Smarter

podcast where he teaches runners to make smarter trained decisions to reduce risk of injury,

overcome current injury, and increase running performance. Raise your hand if you've ever

wanted to do one or all of those three things.

Today we're going to talking about running economy. Like what is it and how to make yours better?

And that sounds like a deceptively simple like, oh, there's talking about one topic and the two

questions are what is it and how to improve yours. But of course, like everything, there is a lot to be discussed here.

So I know you're going to learn something because every time I learn something, I know it's a

good day and I definitely learned a few things recording this episode.

Brody, welcome back to the show. I'm excited to have you back on.

Thanks for having me back on. Yeah. I'm excited to dive into today's topic. And as I was joking

before we started recording, I didn't even bother with an episode outline because we're going to

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