To be able to run swiftly you must have what is called an effective running economy. This is thought as being as just how much energy is necessary to run at a selected speed when running. Any kind of energy that is wasted on unnecessary actions or motions is really a poor running economy. Some of these could be things like an ungainly or unnecessary arm swing or perhaps a poor running technique. If those complications with the way a runner runs may be enhanced, then a lot more energy are going to be available for running faster and more economically. This is such an important theme for anyone interested in the topic of running science that an episode of the live, PodChatLive was focused on the topic of running economy. PodChatLive is a each week continuing education show for podiatry practitioners that goes live on Facebook and is also later uploaded to YouTube and also the audio version is made available as a podcast. The show is hosted by Ian Griffths from Cngland and Craig Payne from Australia.
In the livestream on running economy they had on as a guest to talk about running economy, Dr Izzy Moore out of the Cardiff Metropolitan University in the UK. In the live they talked over how the body self-optimises itself for running. The challenges of whether we need to change the approach we take to run for performance benefits and when these modifications are worth it. There was also the concern of what consequences on performance may very well be when we're modifying running technique in the context of injury. Additionally, they talked about running footwear and the affect that they may well have on running economy. Even the problem of the barefoot running novelty was spoken about. Dr Moore is a Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Medicine, focusing in lower limb biomechanics at Cardiff Metropolitan University in Wales, United Kingdom. Her research pursuits have been in how and why we move the way we do. Her primary research currently is targeted on running gait retraining for performance and injury avoidance. Izzy is also advising various businesses on injury reduction and management techniques.