{"id":661,"date":"2016-07-28T17:58:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T00:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?p=661"},"modified":"2016-07-28T17:58:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T00:58:46","slug":"interview-with-mr-relentless-ryan-atkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/interview-with-mr-relentless-ryan-atkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Mr. Relentless\u2026 Ryan Atkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ryan-Atkns-OCR-Pro.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan-Atkins-OCR--Pro\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ryan-Atkns-OCR-Pro.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ryan-Atkns-OCR-Pro-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Ryan Atkins<\/strong> is the winningest athlete in the sport of <strong>Obstacle Racing<\/strong> today. It seems as if no course or competitor thus far has been able to undue his success. Ryan and <strong>Richard Diaz<\/strong> fields some questions from friends on social media and wrap up by discussing what it might take for someone like <strong>Hunter McIntyre <\/strong>to beat him at the <strong>Spartan World Championship<\/strong> and his team plans for <strong>Worlds Toughest Mudder<\/strong>. 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