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…
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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, 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
Running for Your Life
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This episode was drawn from our archive of shows done 2 years ago. It is an interview with Gilbert Tuhabonye a genocide survivor, world class runner and now an amazing running coach thriving in Austin Texas. This show is hands down one of them most powerful interviews we had ever done and if you had…
Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
Tips to Improve Running Form
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Everyone knows that to be successful in the sport of Obstacle Racing you must develop your running skill. Never mind that of all recreational sports, running leads in the number of injuries that athletes endure. What’s interesting is that the leading cause of these injuries is improper running skill and could easily have been avoided…
Expert Running Tips
Power Running – The New Frontier in Training
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Cyclists have long understood the value of being able to monitor power as a precise training modality. Many experts believe that if runners were able to effectively employ power measurement while training and racing, all of the current world records would fall. Join us as our host Richard Diaz and his featured guest Hunter Allen…
Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
Barefoot Training Tips to Improve Running and Reduce Injuries
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I am not a Barefoot Running advocate where unnatural surfaces are concerned; however, training unshod holds a wealth of benefits that translate into your running with shoes on. We’ve brought back Dr. Emily Splichal, podiatrist and world renowned human movement specialist to share her insights on running related injuries, shoe selection and her pre-run barefoot…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Learn how to Decrease Pain and Increase Performance
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It is difficult to attend a Cross Fit competition, Spartan Race, Triathlon, Marathon or really pretty much any sporting even without seeing an athlete with some colorful tape affixed to their body. You may have heard that it’s helpful with abating injuries but you may not know as much as you should about how, when…
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
An interview with Heart Rate GURU, Dr. Phil Maffetone
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Dr. Phil is a pioneer in both heart rate and the revelation of our need to return to Natural Running. He preached about and he himself trained in minimal running shoes long before Born to Run became fashionable. His MAF heart rate training formula (180-age), to this day is still the most effective approach to…