Leo Manzano hung on to win in 3:38.96 seconds the 1,500 meters HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic in Los Angeles demonstrating that hard work and dedication to task pays off. Richard Diaz conducted this interview with Leo a few short years ago on the heels of Leo’s outstanding performance that earned him a silver…
Tag: Running
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Obstacle Racing
Are You Eating Your Beets?
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Beets are fast in becoming the new power food for athletes and as it turns out, for good reason. Listen as Richard Diaz and his featured guest Dr John Ivy, world renowned expert on the role of nutrition in exercise performance discuss all the reasons why every endurance athlete should be supplementing their diets with…
Expert Running Tips
Faster After 50, How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life!
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Joe Friel is back! Listen as he explains the effects of aging and how we should train accordingly. Coach Joe Friel shares the science behind Racing as a senior athlete. Gain insightful training tips from the most respected endurance coach in the country. Joe is co-founder of Training Peaks, The Triathlon Training Bible and several…
Extreme Running
Is 8 Years Old too Young to Run Ultra-Marathons?
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Meet Teagan Redden an 8 year old Ultra Marathon Runner. Both her and her 11 years old brother Tajh Redden are accomplished Ultra Marathon Runners, Richard Diaz and Vanessa Runs beg the question, what’s too young to run? Running an ultra-marathon is no simple task for anyone, running these great distances while only 8 years…
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Expert Running Tips
How Bad Do You Want It?
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Matt Fitzgerald has authored more books on endurance sports training and sports nutrition than almost anyone in the industry. As of this writing he has penned 22 books, co-authored a handful of others and has two in the “Queue” as he calls it this year. Of interest for this podcast is: “How Bad do you…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Interview with Toughest Mudder World Champion Ryan Atkins
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Canadian Ryan Atkins is scorching the Battle Frog racing series, coming off of his second Toughest Mudder World Championship win where he covered over 95 miles in 24 hours! He is now setting his sights on the Spartan World Championships at Lake Tahoe this fall. Richard Diaz catches up with him to discuss training, running…
Expert Running Tips
OUTRUNNING GENOCIDE
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An interview with Gilbert Tuhabonye– A national caliber runner, running coach and genocide survivor. Tuhabonye, grew up as a son of farmers in Burundi Africa. He ran everywhere — to get the family’s water, to school, and even after the cows and gazelles. In high school, he ran competitively, becoming national champion in the 400…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running
The Ultra Mindset- 8 Core Principles for Success
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Travis Macy is best known as; “The Guy who won the Leadman Ultra Endurance Event”. Travis is a professional adventure racer, ultra-marathon runner, coach and motivational speaker. We speak about his newly released book: “The Ultra Mindset” a book that serves as a guide to 8 key principles to becoming successful in sport, business and…
Expert Running Tips
Dr Nicholas Romanov and The Pose Method of Running
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Dr Nicolas Romanov has traveled the world sharing his concepts of what he terms “Pose Running”. Long before the buzz associated with the infamous tale “Born to Run”, Romanov has been teaching runners that heel striking is not only killing us, there is far more performance to be had if we allow gravity to guide…
Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
Interview with Bart Yasso, Runner’s World “Chief Running Officer”
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Bart Yasso is considered “The Mayor of Running”. He is recognized around the world, having competed in running events on all seven continents from the Antarctica marathon to the Mt. Kilimanjaro marathon. A delightful ambassador to the sport of running and Runner’s World “Chief Running Officer”, Infamous for the; not so scientific but highly regarded “Yasso…