The Running Explained Podcast

Coach Elisabeth is an excellent teacher and the perfect person to learn about running from. As a discerning podcast listener, I find this podcast to be well-produced, featuring great guests. Even when there aren’t guests, it’s still a fantastic listen! I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to know more about all things running.

I love your show so much, but the end of this last episode made me feel so angry. Why does every other healthcare specialty feel the need to denigrate physicians? My husband is a family medicine physician and I watch him work so hard to help his patients be healthy. He refers to nutrition whenever possible, but many of his patients don’t have insurance coverage so that is a luxury not available to them, but he still tries to help. He doesn’t just throw around an “elevator speech” and leave. He has many patients who are obese and it’s NOT okay for them to “love their larger body” because it’s NOT healthy for them! First one knee surgery, then another, then a back surgery. Maybe that trajectory in their lives can be changed, but they probably need someone willing to have the uncomfortable but necessary conversation about how being overweight is harming them in the long term. I am a psychiatrist so I am WELL aware of eating disorders and the dangers surrounding them, but that doesn’t make it okay to just passively watch as someone does damage to their body and joints, not to mention their blood sugar, cholesterol, heart health, etc, just because it is hard to discuss the topic of being overweight. On a side note, we had a lot more nutrition education in medical school than “a couple of hours.” I don’t feel any need to trash nutrition, dietary, or any other healthcare field to make myself somehow feel better about my career and life choices.

I generally like this podcast and think coach Elizabeth shares great training info, especially for newer runners (it can be very basic and redundant for more experienced runners). However, as an internist I am very concerned about the info put out regarding hypo and hypernatremia. She got those 2 wrong and mixed up and I am very worried about runners getting into trouble with the inaccurate info. I would encourage her to stay in her lane and leave medical info to those who are qualified to talk about it. Unfollowing

I wish I could say I love this podcast. The information is great, but it’s hard to pay attention with all the rambling. Nobody finds Coach Elisabeth funny like herself. People listening to this show are runners; we don’t need an explanation on what hypohydration means.