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

When I first started running at the age of 29, I had so many questions and what felt like nowhere to turn to for answers.

And now I'm here to answer all your running questions about anything that you might want to know.

If you're a new runner, or you've been doing this for a long time,

there's always something more to learn about running. So let's get started. My guest this week is

physical therapist Dr. Sarah Louie, aka Dr. Sarah the hip doc. Sarah's entire physical therapy practice

is working with female runners with hip pain. Yeah, there are a ton of you out there and she is here

to help you. So Sarah is on the show this week to talk to us about our hips, about hip pain,

about the hip structure, about ways we can bulletproof our hips for running, even if you don't

have any issues, ways that you can improve your hip strength, hip control,

and just help you become a better runner through optimizing your hips.

And don't forget, if you're looking for help and guidance with your training, Running

Explained has you covered.

I have a ton of training plans available for all experience levels and volumes, including

5K half marathon,

10K marathon, base building, and speed-based training plans, as well as masterclasses,

the training plus program for our myself coached runners out there, and of course, one-on-one

coaching if you are looking for that next level of truly individualized programming.

So don't forget all this is available on my website running explained.co. Sarah, welcome to the show.

I'm excited to have you here. So excited to be on. This is going to be really fun. So before we get started

and spill all the tea about how to bulletproof your hips as a runner, go ahead and tell us how did you become a runner?

Yeah, so I grew up playing competitive soccer.

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