Inspired Soles
Inspired Soles is a podcast that fuels your passion for running and helps you achieve peak performance with every stride. Host Carolyn Coffin talks with industry experts, coaches, Olympians and everyday runners to educate and inspire you to take your running to the next level.
Inspired Soles
174. Waldo Cheung | Shoes, Technology, Research & Masters Running
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Waldo Cheung is a physiotherapist originally from BC currently living in Calgary, AB. His current interests lie in the promotion of healthy running and rock climbing as well as the preservation of strength and function in the middle age and elderly. He has worked and taught in a variety of different rehabilitation settings from critical care to sports medicine. Waldo is an instructor for The Running Clinic, a company that offers research based instruction using science and expertise to inform a clinician’s practice working with runners. We both found these courses transformational several years ago and enjoyed catching up and discussing current trends in running injury prevention and performance.
In this episode we discuss:
- Waldo’s background in running & physiotherapy
- His philosophy as a physio working with runners
- His passion for research and teaching
- His thoughts on running shoes based on current research and real life
- The use of technology to inform training & performance and…
- Waldo’s prediction for the future direction of running related research
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Resources discussed in this episode:
- Quantification of Mechanical Stress
- James O’Keefe's TED Talk: Run for your life! At a comfortable pace, and not too far
- Paula Radcliffe's Improvement in Running Economy
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