Episode 33- On the couch with the coach- Philo Saunders

On this week’s episode of the Run Culture Podcast, I had the pleasure to chat to Dr Philo Saunders. Philo is a senior sports physiologist at the AIS (he has worked at the AIS for 19yrs). His research has largely looked at; running economy, altitude training, heat training, plyometric/strength training, iron supplementation and the minimalist footwear movement. Philo is also an incredibly distinguished 1500m runner himself (he has broken 3:50 some 130 times!), made numerous national open 1500m finals and at the ripe old age of 43 he is still going!! We delve into how he feels he has managed to keep his body so robust and strong. Philo has also been the Australian able bodied and/or Paralympic distance running coach on several of the more recent major World and Olympic championships. We start out the episode focusing on where some of the athletes he coaches are at going into this pivotal period for Tokyo Olympic Qualification!