We're thrilled to come to New Zealand and deliver the Best of SEPA NZ Roadshow proudly sponsored by Footwork Go!
Elevate your clinical practice and deepen your expertise in the rapidly growing field of trail running!
Learn from our accomplished keynotes Matthew Clarke (Podiatrist and 2x Olympian, Steeplechase) and Madeleine Murray (Podiatrist + Australian 1500m silver medallist and representative for Great Britain at the European Cross Country Championships). Their aim is to help you understand the unique biomechanical demands and common pathologies associated with trail running.
This is a great opportunity to enhance your clinical toolkit, network with peers and learn how to provide optimal care for your trail running patients.
 Key learning objectives include:Â
- Common Trail Running Injuries: Understand the prevalence, mechanisms, and advanced diagnostic approaches for injuries specific to the trail environment.
- Training/Gait Characteristics: Analyse the nuances of trail running gait, identifying compensatory patterns and inefficiencies that contribute to injury risk.
- Training & Load Demands in Varied Terrain: Explore training characteristics of well-trained trail runners and orienteers, highlighting similarities to road athletes. Understand unique load management strategies for varied terrain.
- Trail-Specific Footwear & Performance: Examine the evolution of trail shoe design, the impact of new technologies (e.g., foams, plates), and the biomechanical implications of using road racing shoes on trails.
Locations
- Christchurch: Saturday 12 September,  9am – 1.30pm. Feet’n’Motion, Motus SportsHub, 136 Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch 8011
- Auckland: Sunday 13 September, 9am – 1.30pm. AUT Podiatry Campus, AH Building, Level 2, 90 Akoranga Drive, Northcote, Auckland 0627
Speakers
Our speakers are proudly sponsored by ASICS New Zealand.
Madeleine Murray
Madeleine Murray brings over a decade of podiatry experience across both the UK and Australia. She is the trusted podiatrist to many of Australia’s elite track and field athletes and has extensive expertise in managing running-related injuries and guiding load management strategies.
Her clinical interests also include foot and ankle osteoarthritis, and she holds a Master’s degree in the Theory of Podiatric Surgery. Her thesis focused on minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of lesser toe deformities.
As a former Australian silver medallist over the 1500m and representative for Great Britain at the European Cross Country Championships, Madeleine uniquely combines her clinical expertise with firsthand knowledge of the demands of competitive sport. Having experienced injury herself, she is passionate about developing evidence based injury prevention and return-to-running strategies. She has recently moved to Tasmania and is enjoying exploring the local trails.Â
Matthew Clarke
Matt Clarke is the current Australian and Oceania Champion in the 3000m Steeplechase, an event that has seen him compete for Australia in the Tokyo 2021 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Budapest 2023 World Championships and the Naples 2019 World University Games. As well as competing in the sport, he is also a running coach, most notably working with the juniors of his squad Team Tempo, where has coached multiple national champion titles on the track, national cross country medals, a state record and was the first coach to work with a South Australian Athlete to win the Ondieki 3000m Australian u20 title at the Zatopek in 2024.
When not directly working within athletics, he combines his experience in elite running and run coaching as a consulting podiatrist at The Sports & Arthritis Clinic (SPARC). There he works with many of South Australia’s top athletes, on track, road and trail, as well as other runners of all levels achieve their goals from bettering their performance to overcoming injury difficulty to develop high performing and sustainable training systems.
Registration
Your registration covers your entry to the event, plus morning tea. Please note, lunch is not provided.
Registrations are extremely limited! Just 30 registrations for each location. Be quick!
As usual, SEPA members get advance priority registration. First in, first served.
- SEPA Members: $200
- Non-Members: $290 (includes 1 year of SEPA membership)