{"id":1625,"date":"2019-11-02T14:38:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T21:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2019-11-03T11:01:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T19:01:21","slug":"spartan-race-standardizes-courses-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/spartan-race-standardizes-courses-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartan Race standardizes courses for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EPISODE-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EPISODE-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EPISODE-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EPISODE-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EPISODE-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> \u201cCoach\u201d <strong>Richard Diaz<\/strong> and his protege\/client &#8211; elite Spartan Pro <strong>Veejay Jones<\/strong>.  In this The First Episode, we discuss changes in <strong>Spartan Race<\/strong> course design leading into the 2020 season.\u00a0 Big changes are afoot! <strong>Standardized distances<\/strong> and number of obstacles.\u00a0 What are your feelings on this massive change? Are you for or against?\u00a0 Once that\u2019s done, we share thoughts on <strong>Off Season <\/strong>approaches.\u00a0 Do you have an Off Season?\u00a0 When and how do you approach it?\u00a0 Two hot topics discussed by a well renowned coach and a highly competitive <strong>OCR<\/strong> athlete.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XegyOlnqJfY\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/XegyOlnqJfY<\/a>  We hope you enjoy it.\u00a0 If you do, please leave us a comment, what would you like us to chat about, who would you like us to bring on and by all means \u2026 SUBSCRIBE TO GET MORE OF THIS!<\/h6>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Spartan Race standardizes courses for 2020\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-11-02T14:38:05-07:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT48M40S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this The First Episode, we discuss changes in Spartan Race course design leading into the 2020 season\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/Veejay_episode_one.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"44.6\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7593\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1625-1\" 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\/Veejay_episode_one.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/Veejay_episode_one.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/Veejay_episode_one.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\/Veejay_episode_one.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1625-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\/Veejay_episode_one.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Veejay_episode_one.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('1625-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_1625-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_1625-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?powerpress_embed=1625-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>\u201cCoach\u201d Richard Diaz and his protege\/client &#8211; elite Spartan Pro Veejay Jones. 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