We all want to win the races we enter; some have a reasonable chance and others feel winning is out of reach. Why not improve your chances and your Obstacle Racing finish times by following some solid advice that you can put to work immediately. Some of this advice you may have heard before but…
Tag: Gait analysis
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…
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…
Expert Running Tips, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
Running Tips from Coach Richard Diaz
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Expert Running Tips, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing, Triathlon
The Next BIG DEAL in Training Technology
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In previous episodes I had interviewed various coaching experts; guys like Jim Vance and Hunter Allen, both world renowned in endurance sport. We spoke on the evolution of training metrics, such as heart rate, power and the apps in which to gather this information. All the while behind the scenes, techo-geeks were hard at work…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing, Triathlon
First Aide Taping for Athletes with Dr. Capobianco
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Getting back into racing and training as quickly as possible is the hope of every athlete who has been afflicted with nagging injuries. Dr. Steven Capobianco is the director of education for ROCK TAPE and is recognized as a leader around the world in the application of kinesiology taping strategies. I (Richard Diaz) have personally…
Expert Running Tips, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
The Run Clinic Road Show… what you need to know to Run and Perform Your Best!
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Over the years Richard Diaz (our host) and diaz human performance has put on elite caliber running clinics all over southern California. The impact of this training and education is so dramatic that athletes from all over the country go through great pains to attend and or visit for personal coaching and evaluation. Our current…
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
The New Year’s OCR Athlete Reflections
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We invited a few competitive Obstacle Racing Athletes to come on and to discuss the past year and prospects for The New Year’s performances. Jack Bauer, Alexandra Walker and Benjamin Pina agreed to share their thoughts. The questions were… How did it go last year? What do you feel you need to improve on? What…
Expert Running Tips, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
Powerful Tips to Improve Grip Strength and Running Injury Free
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Learn a few simple exercises that will greatly reduce your incident of upper and lower body injuries that are common among runners and OCR athletes from the ground up offered by Dr. Emily Splichal, world renowned podiatrist and human movement specialist. In the sport of Obstacle Racing there are a lot of demands placed on…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Yancy Camp meets OCR Run Clinic w/ Coach Richard Diaz and Posse
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Yancy Culp is an internationally recognized OCR coach with an all-star cast of Elite Spartan Athletes in his stable. It was great fortune for Coach Richard Diaz, his “Posse”, Miguel Medina, Nickademus Hollon and his wife and long time running mechanic Lori Diaz to converge in Austin Texas to put on their ever popular Off…