{"id":1035,"date":"2018-03-21T16:32:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T23:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2018-03-22T09:44:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T16:44:56","slug":"veejay-jones-young-gun-on-the-ocr-spartan-pro-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/veejay-jones-young-gun-on-the-ocr-spartan-pro-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Veejay Jones &#8211; Young Gun on the OCR Spartan Pro Circuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/VeeJay-podcast.jpg\" alt=\"VeeJay-podcast\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/VeeJay-podcast.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/VeeJay-podcast-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Veejay Jones<\/b> is the youngest athlete to win a <b>Spartan Race<\/b> overall and is currently a member of The Spartan Pro Team. He is also an athlete coached by Richard Diaz.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In this episode, we discuss the prospects winning against the competition at the <b>NBC Spartan Series<\/b> season opener at San Jose California on March 24th, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This season, Veejay has posted two wins and a second place finish in <b>Spartan Race<\/b> elite competition with his last event being 2nd (by just over a minute) behind <b>Cody Moat <\/b>last years Spartan world Champion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Veejay shares his insight relating to the contenders he\u2019ll face and his hopes of eventually making his mark as a pro in the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonefrogchallenge.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bonefrog-728x90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bonefrog-728x90.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bonefrog-728x90-600x74.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Bonefrog-728x90-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/emyKR8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mudGear-dhp-728-90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mudGear-dhp-728-90.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mudGear-dhp-728-90-600x74.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mudGear-dhp-728-90-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Veejay Jones &amp;#8211; 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