Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Podiatry from the University of South Australia (2006) and is a certified Sports Podiatrist (APodA 2017). He has practiced for 15 years in the field of Sports Podiatry with a primary emphasis on reducing running related injury risk via education on training, recovery, strength & conditioning, biomechanics, neuromuscular re-education and footwear selection.
Michael has competed in athletics for over 2 decades, and now continues to work in athletics via coaching middle-long distance runners (Level II advanced MD/LD coach - Athletics Australia) at the Adelaide University Athletics Club and head coach of the Adelaide Milers Crew. He also makes time to train and compete himself both on the track & road running events.
More recently he has begun part-time research where the focus is looking at the training characteristics of elite and recreational runners and the association with performance and sustainability, along with investigating training pace/critical pace and track running performance prediction.
Michael is a co-host of the monthly Shoe Geeks Podcast via the Inside Running Podcast with fellow runners/shoe geeks Julian Spence (The Running Company - Geelong) & Thomas Do Canto (Pinnacle Sports Podiatry)..
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