Miles Keller, host of Link Endurance the podcast, asked if I would be willing to discuss my take on heart rate variability. At first, I was not that excited, but after thinking it through, I thought it might be fun to talk about some of the things I feel athletes waste their time, energy and…
A Diva, by definition is: “a celebrated female singer; a woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera.” Laura may not be an opera singer but she is the sweetheart of Spartan Racing and yes, she can sing. Better… she is an incredible singer aside from being a pretty tough OCR competitor. I asked…
If you want to know what to expect from a Spartan Race course, ya gotta go to the source! Steve Hammond is behind the scene (literally) at Spartan Race. His title is “Race Course Manager” and if you don’t know him, you’ve no doubt seen him blazing around the race course in his souped up…
A while ago, my wing man Miguel Medina and I (Richard Diaz) did a Q-n-A show in where we took questions from our friends on social media. We ran out of time and tabled a page full of questions we promised to get to at a later date. As it turns out, this is that…
In every Spartan Race, Tough Mudder or any obstacle course race, there are always a few guys who I would consider “the rabbits”. They bring blinding speed to the competition. Sometimes it’s just the ticket, other times the carries and strength work can toss a wrench into best laid plan. Mark Batres is a threat…