{"id":1716,"date":"2020-10-27T13:32:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T20:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2020-10-27T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T20:33:00","slug":"are-trails-better-than-road-for-runners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/are-trails-better-than-road-for-runners\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Trails better than Road for Runners?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/THUMBS-UP-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1717\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is much controversy that surrounds the choice of running shoes and how they may or may not protect you from injury. Some say they won&#8217;t run on pavement because it hurts their knees or gives them shin splints. In this interview, I speak with Dr Emily Splichal a world renowned board certified Podiatrist and founder of Evidence Based Fitness to debunk some of the confusion surrounding the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Are Trails Better than Road for Runners?\" width=\"752\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DFhbVg7df7Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Are Trails better than Road for Runners?\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-10-27T13:32:59-07:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT42M15S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\n\n\n\nThere is much controversy that surrounds the choice of running shoes and how they may or may not protect you from injury. Some say they won't run on pavement because it hurts their knees or gives them shin splints. In this interview, I speak wit...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/RichardandEmily.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"58.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2886\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1716-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/RichardandEmily.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/RichardandEmily.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/RichardandEmily.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/RichardandEmily.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1716-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/RichardandEmily.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"RichardandEmily.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('1716-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_1716-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_1716-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?powerpress_embed=1716-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is much controversy that surrounds the choice of running shoes and how they may or may not protect you from injury. Some say they won&#8217;t run on pavement because it hurts their knees or gives them shin splints. In this interview, I speak with Dr Emily Splichal a world renowned board certified Podiatrist and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/are-trails-better-than-road-for-runners\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,83],"tags":[181,161,130,179,182,180],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1723,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716\/revisions\/1723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}