Ever since Born to Run was released there has been a revolution from heel striking to “Natural” mid foot running. This revelation has spurred huge shifts in running shoe manufacturing and many runners who have made an attempt to this transition without proper guidance have suffered an entirely new set of injuries. Join me (Richard…
Category: Obstacle Racing
Obstacle Racing
We Ask OCR Athletes, How Old Are You and How Much Do You Spend on Racing?
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Expert Running Tips, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
Obstacle Racing – Questions and Answers
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We get a lot of questions asked regarding various training approaches for OCR and Running. We feel this makes for great content on The Natural Running Network. Our Facebook friends were good enough to provide us with quite a few questions; unfortunately time does not permit us to answer them all in one episode. However,…
Obstacle Racing
Mr. Inspiration-Coach Pain offers parting words as BattleFrog closes shop
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Anyone who has participated in a BattleFrog event has had the opportunity to get a dose of Coach Pain’s inspirational saber rattling words. Some will not soon forget how he moved them. It was by mere coincidence that our interview was scheduled on the day that BattleFrog announced that they are suspending all future events…
Expert Running Tips, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
OCR Athletes Have Questions, We have Answers…
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Our show fans love it when we take questions and try to provide answers. Some questions are tough, most in respect to training tips, running form, heart rate etc. Miguel Medina, elite OCR Pro and Elite Coach Richard Diaz put it out to the community and the questions asked will be fielded during this podcast…
Expert Running Tips, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
Sandbag Training Tips for Obstacle Course Racing
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Nearly all Obstacle Course Events include a heavy carry component and even those that don’t require hill climbing ability. These training challenges are best approached outdoors and typically best conducted by mimicking the actual challenge. Where am I going with this you might ask? In this episode I have the pleasure of sharing some of…
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…
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
Beet Juice, a Natural Performance Enhancer
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Anyone who knows me (Richard Diaz), knows I am hard-nosed when it comes to supplementation and gimmicks. I have always believed that a good feeding strategy and plenty of rest will be all you need to perform optimally. I get plenty of opportunities to test all sorts of products in the world of Sports Performance…
Expert Running Tips, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing, Triathlon
Running with Power, the New Frontier
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An interview with Jim Vance elite triathlon coach and a true pioneer in the uncharted waters of training with a Power meter for runners. Jim has recently released his revolutionary book “Running with Power” The Complete Guide to Running to Power Meters for Running. Last October, we had Jim on before he had released his…