Here's part 2 of our favorite shoes of the year! If you missed the previous episode, we covered daily trainers, stability shoes, long run shoes, and trail shoes. Onto the fast stuff for part 2: workout shoes, plated trainers, and racing shoes! Plus we wrap it up with our votes for most impressive shoe brand from 2024. As always we'd loved to hear from you! DM us on Instagram or email us at doctorsofrunning@gmail.com to let us know what your favorite shoes of the year have been.

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Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:29 - Favorite workout shoes
• 12:28 - Favorite plated trainers
• 22:50 - Favorite racing shoes
• 35:40 - Company that impressed us the most

It's that time of year again, now that 2024 is coming to a close we'll wrap up the year with our favorite shoes. On this special two part episode, the entire four-person team (Nathan, Matt, David, Andrea) get together to talk about their favorites from a year full of phenomenal shoes. On part 1 they discuss daily trainers, stability, long run shoes, and trail. Be sure to tune in next week for part 2! We'd love hear your favorites too! DM us on Instagram or email us at doctorsofrunning@gmail.com

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Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:36 - What was your favorite running related memory this year?
• 6:38 - Favorite daily trainers
• 19:50 - Favorite stability trainer
• 30:13 - Favorite long run shoe
• 44:55 - Favorite trail shoe
• 58:50 - Wrap-up

Your favorite game show is back! Matt and David play Buy or Sell with a number of end-of-year topics. They talk about the hot new trend of trainers skyrocketing pass 40mm, discuss whether stability shoes are better now than they’ve ever been before, and question if the Vaporfly is no longer the king of the marathon.

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Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:30 - Signature daily trainers over 40mm stack
• 7:02 - Nike is no longer the leader of super racing shoes
• 12:04 - Apparel brands making shoes is a good thing
• 15:50 - Stability shoes are better now than they have ever benn
• 23:24 - There are still many voids in the running market to be filled
• 28:34 - It's harder now than ever to select a shoe for a new runner
• 41:28 - Crossover/athleisure running shoes
• 51:54 - Wrap-up

On this very special episode, we're joined by some of our friends at Saucony, Brooks, and Puma to get a sneak peak at what's coming for them in 2025. We get to hear about the Saucony Endorphin Speed 5 & Elite 2, the Brooks Hyperion Elite 5 & Glycerin 22, the Puma FAST-RB & Deviate Nitro Elite Trail, and many more exciting updates! Tune in and get hyped for the latest and greatest shoes coming in the next year.

It's been a long time coming but our official Doctors of Running merch store has finally arrived! You can now get your official Doctors of Running shirt, DOR Podcast hoodie, and for a limited time only the Matt-approved "Got Heel Bevel?" tee! We are so thrilled for your support whether you are new or longtime readers, followers of the channel. We wouldn't be here without you!

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Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:37 - Saucony
• 33:22 - Brooks
• 55:37 - Puma
• 1:24:00 - Outro

On this episode, Matt is joined by two special guests from Brooks, Jennifer Sumner and Evan Day, biomechanists and researchers on the Brooks' Run Research Team. They give a behind-the-scenes look at how Brooks develops shoes not only for the elites, but for the every day, average runner. They discuss how biomechanics differ and what that means for designing and choosing shoes. They explain the differences between "stability" and "support" and look down the road at what's next for real-world runner testing.

Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:59 - How Brooks develops footwear for the everyday runner
• 9:35 - Brooks's data on racing shoes for the average runner
• 14:32 - How biomechanics informs shoe development for the recreational runner
• 18:54 - Building for the elite athlete
• 25:19 - How the idea of the habitual motion path has evolved
• 39:16 - How could we rethink categorizing shoes for new runners?
• 49:37 - Support vs. stability
• 53:56 - Brooks's real world runner testing
• 1:03:54 - Wrap-up

We talk a lot about how to find the right shoe for you, not a mythical "best" shoe. On this episode, Matt interviews Nathan and David on how they go about picking their shoe through a normal training week. They discuss upper fit and comfort, midsole composition & geometry, plates, and more. We hope this gives you a framework to find the best tools for your training!

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Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 3:45 - How Nathan picks his shoes
• 5:50 - How David picks his shoes
• 8:51 - New runner experiences in new age shoes
• 15:36 - How we asses upper fit
• 32:50 - How we pick the types of midsoles we like the most
• 48:30 - If your perfect shoe was a pizza, how would you make it?
• 58:43 - Wrap-up

We love a mailbag episode, where we get to answer your questions! Matt & Andrea take on a bevvy of listener quandaries. Tune in for discussions about stable marathon racing shoes, the link between heel drop in shoes and shin splints, wide toebox shoes, and much more. We want to hear from you! DM us on Instagram or email us at doctorsofrunning@gmail.com.

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Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:37 - Recommendations for stable marathon shoes
• 8:38 - Do some shoe brands lend themselves to certain foot pathologies?
• 16:00 - Could higher drop shoes effect shin pain?
• 25:08 - Help for pubic stress fracture
• 34:52 - Wide-toebox shoe recommendations
• 38:56 - Does using less-maximal shoes improve foot strength?
• 43:40 - Recommendations for stable-yet-fun shoes
• 50:00 - Wrap-up

On this episode, Andrea is joined by a very special guest: Dr. Allen Lim, founder of Skratch Labs. Allen gives us a breakdown on everything nutrition and hydration for endurance athletes. How should you fuel before/during the run? How do you measure and apply your sweat rate to how you hydrate? What role does protein play in recovery? And much more!

While working as a sport scientist and coach for a professional cycling team, Dr. Allen Lim started making his own training food and sports drinks from scratch for the cyclists because too many of the pre-packaged sports bars and drinks that were marketed or given to them were laden with artificial ingredients and literally making them sick to their stomach. Eventually, he started making a “secret drink mix” in his kitchen using a recipe with less sugar, more sodium, and no artificial sweeteners, flavors, or colors, with a simple and clean taste created by using real fruit. Soon, word of the "Secret Drink Mix" was spreading fast and it was clear that the demand for our all natural drink mixes extended far beyond cyclists or endurance athletes. To meet the growing demand, Allen put together a team of close friends and they decided to let the secret out by opening a little company in Boulder, Colorado called Skratch Labs.

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Chapters

• 0:00 - Intro
• 5:05 - How Skratch's products have developed over time
• 13:48 - Would it be better for some to not eat if they're limited on time before their run?
• 17:26 - How to measure and apply your sweat rate to your nutrition
• 26:04 - What is glycogen?
• 31:22 - Why is protein important for endurance athletes?
• 36:50 - What happens physiologically when you "bonk"?
• 40:42 - Wrap-up