Welcome to the Runners Connect, Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport

so you can train smarter, stay healthy, and run faster now.

And now your host, Tina Muir.

Hello, this is Tina Muir and I would like to welcome you to another episode of the Run

To the Top podcast brought to you by Runners Connect. It means a lot to me that you

have chosen to listen to this podcast today, so thank you for taking the time to

tune in. Runners are continuously searching for answers. We always want to know what we can do to get

better and how we can keep on improving. I don't know about you but I always love

learning from the experts to find out just what they have discovered throughout

their careers.

At Runners Connect, you know we are all about the science.

We love to dive into the research and give you the most up-to-date findings without the bias.

My guest today is a well-known writer for Runners World who also does the same thing.

He has been on the podcast before but has so many insights that I thought he would be a great

guest to have on the show again. I had the opportunity to ask some

questions that I have always wanted to know the answers to. I am sure many of you will have

wondered the same things. Well I hope so anyway. This is an interesting interview and I'm sure you will learn

many practical tips that you can take to improve your running in the future. My guest today is

Alex Hutchinson. Alex is a former physicist, lifelong runner and science journalist who writes for

runners world in his blog Sweat Science.

He also writes for The Global Mail, The New York Times, The Walrus, and more.

He is the author of Which Comes First, Cardio Awaits, The Fitness Myths, Training Truths,

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