{"id":1209,"date":"2019-02-02T10:43:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T18:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2019-02-02T10:43:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T18:43:55","slug":"all-eyes-on-veejay-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/all-eyes-on-veejay-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"ALL EYES ON&#8230; VEEJAY JONES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Jones.jpg\" alt=\"Veejay Jones elite pro Spartan\" class=\"wp-image-1210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Jones.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Jones-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The <strong>2019 Spartan Race<\/strong> season is warming up and most of the elite field are paying pretty close attention on the competition to try and get a sense of who to watch for.  In previous years, there had been a stir of optimism regarding the potential of one young athlete-<strong>VeeJay<\/strong> <strong>Jones<\/strong>.  At the conclusion of the <strong>SoCal Spartan Races <\/strong>that went off on January 25-26, it was clear that VeeJay is a serious threat to the best in the elite pro field. Join us as VeeJay and I discuss his thoughts of the upcoming season, his thoughts on the Arizona event and what he feels were the principal influences over his recent success in his training.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"ALL EYES ON&amp;#8230; VEEJAY JONES\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-02-02T10:43:53-08:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT53M49S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"At the conclusion of the SoCal Spartan Races that went off on January 25-26, it was clear that VeeJay is a serious threat to the best in the elite pro field.\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/live_jones_veejay_on_2019-02-01_at_08_34.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"49.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2539\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1209-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/live_jones_veejay_on_2019-02-01_at_08_34.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/live_jones_veejay_on_2019-02-01_at_08_34.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/live_jones_veejay_on_2019-02-01_at_08_34.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/live_jones_veejay_on_2019-02-01_at_08_34.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1209-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/live_jones_veejay_on_2019-02-01_at_08_34.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"live_jones_veejay_on_2019-02-01_at_08_34.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('1209-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_1209-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_1209-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?powerpress_embed=1209-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Spartan Race season is warming up and most of the elite field are paying pretty close attention on the competition to try and get a sense of who to watch for. 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