What is it that makes us want to push ourselves past our comfort zones, to race on broken bodies and to push on beyond reason? Who better to discuss this topic than someone who has mastered the art of Ultra-Endurance Suffering, Charlie Engle? Charlie is famous for his HBO Special “Running the Sahara” in which…
Category: Extreme Running
Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
The Ultimate Ultra Running Challenge
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Peter Kostelnick is on a mission. Having already won The Bad Water Ultra Marathon in 2015 and setting a record in 2016. He has now set his sights on setting a Guinness World Book of Record for the fastest Transcontinental run. We’re talking 3100 miles of running in hopefully 44 days. For those of you…
Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Interview with Mr. Relentless… Ryan Atkins
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Ryan Atkins is the winningest athlete in the sport of Obstacle Racing today. It seems as if no course or competitor thus far has been able to undue his success. Ryan and Richard Diaz fields some questions from friends on social media and wrap up by discussing what it might take for someone like Hunter…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
Obstacle Order Podcast Hosts Interview Richard Diaz
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Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
Tips on Running Faster
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As they say; “The Devil is in the details”. Coach Richard Diaz and guest, Elite OCR athlete Beni Gifford discuss the details that can set you apart from the pack as a much faster runner. Beating yourself up, packing on the miles, hard track workouts won’t make you faster unless you learn to master the…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
Functional Movement, the key to Performance
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As athletes, we are no strangers to post workout aches and pains. When these signals begin to impede our ability to perform and result in missed training days, it’s time to pay attention. We’ve invited Dr. Steve Capobianco, Medical Director for Rock Tape back on to discuss what’s new in the way of self-treatment, prevention…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Listen & Learn
Self-diagnosis of common Running Injuries
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When training for a marathon or your next Spartan or Battle Frog event, you are facing a running related injury, what do you do? The most common diagnosis is Overuse and Tendonitis as a result. In this short episode, Richard Diaz, Elite Running Coach and host of The Natural Running Network, sheds light on the…
Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Meet Spartan World Champion / Best Army Ranger Cpt. Robert Killian Jr.
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The United States Army Rangers are an elite military formation of the United States Army. Each year they hold a competition to determine who the best of the best are. Captain Robert Killian and teammate SSG Erich Friedlein are the current champions of this prestigious title of “Best Rangers”. Think one percent of the top…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
OCR Running Tips with “Ultra Beast” Miguel Medina
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All OCR athletes agree, it eventually comes down to the ability to run. Miguel Medina took second at The Spartan Ultra Beast World Championships in 2015 and was a team member of “The Wolf Pack” winners of the 2014 World’s Toughest Mudder. Suffice to say he knows how important having keen running skills are to…
Extreme Running, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
9-year old girl Completes 24-hour BattleFrog. So begins the Controversy.
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9 year old girl Completes 24 hour BattleFrog. So begins the Controversy. When I first heard that a 9 year old girl had completed a 24 hour BattleFrog obstacle race it was revealed to me in a blog post written by Ekaterina Solovieva, aka., “Solo”, herself a seasoned adventure/obstacle racer/psychologist. Her catchy title: “A 9-year…