{"id":626,"date":"2016-06-02T15:55:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T22:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?p=626"},"modified":"2016-06-02T15:55:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T22:55:44","slug":"winning-tips-better-than-big-biceps-for-ocr-personal-bests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/winning-tips-better-than-big-biceps-for-ocr-personal-bests\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning Tips &#8211; better than big biceps for OCR Personal Bests!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Friday.jpg\" alt=\"Friday\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Friday.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Friday-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>We all want to win the races we enter; some have a reasonable chance and others feel winning is out of reach. Why not improve your chances and your <strong>Obstacle Racing<\/strong> finish times by following some solid advice that you can put to work immediately.\u00a0 Some of this advice you may have heard before but I promise, there are a few tips you had never heard before that will get you those precious seconds you need to beat your competition.\u00a0 We\u2019ve brought on <strong>Amber Headrick<\/strong>, a seasoned elite <strong>OCR<\/strong> athlete on to help us share these pearls of wisdom with you. We\u2019ll discuss the importance of energy management, <strong>running<\/strong> mechanics, finding an <strong>online coach<\/strong> and a few tips that will really help you in your next <strong>Spartan race. <\/strong>\u00a0You\u2019ll need to listen to the entire episode to reap all of the benefits!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpm2.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/RPM.jpg\" alt=\"RPM\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Winning Tips &amp;#8211; better than big biceps for OCR Personal Bests!\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2016-06-02T15:55:44-07:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT59M28S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019ll discuss the importance of energy management, running mechanics, finding an online coach and a few tips that will really help you in your next Spartan race.  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