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 Obstacle Racing finish times by following some solid advice that you can put to work immediately. Some of this advice you may have heard before but…
This episode is a rerun. It was posted late in 2015 but I felt the information was important enough to bring it back to our listeners. The discussion revolves around making the best out of the training metrics we gather from our Heart Rate Monitors. There is a wealth of great information that is made…
Obstacle Racing has grown to be the most popular recreational sport around the world by leaps and bounds over running, cycling and triathlon. There are now “Pro” athletes, who earn a living racing and through sponsorships. These “Pros” are clearly vested in the legitimacy of the sport. Brakken Kraker is one of those athletes. Listen…
Fatigue is a common sensation for Endurance and OCR athletes, knowing when to back off and how to identify when this sensation is out of control is important because Over Training Syndrome is not just too much work, it’s a much deeper problem that no athlete wants to fall prey to, Join our host Richard…
When training for a marathon or your next Spartan or Battle Frog event, you are facing a running related injury, what do you do? The most common diagnosis is Overuse and Tendonitis as a result. In this short episode, Richard Diaz, Elite Running Coach and host of The Natural Running Network, sheds light on the…
All OCR athletes agree, it eventually comes down to the ability to run. Miguel Medina took second at The Spartan Ultra Beast World Championships in 2015 and was a team member of “The Wolf Pack” winners of the 2014 World’s Toughest Mudder. Suffice to say he knows how important having keen running skills are to…
Anyone who knows Elite Spartan Pro Rose Wetzel, aka., Wonder Woman knows she is intense. Trust me; I have had the great fortune of training her. Rose, loves to push and loves competition. Whether it be American Ninja Warrior, Obstacle racing or Track & Field she can’t get enough. We thought it would be fun…
During our last episode in where Richard Diaz covered the finer points of proper running skills, the show was met with a lot of favor. Many people wrote and asked for more of this type of Q&A format. Hoping to satisfy this request, we reached out to the social media and prompted our audience to…
If you can’t run well you just won’t win in Obstacle Racing. It does not matter if you are part monkey and fly through the obstacles, the time lost running opposed to the time gained over an obstacle puts you at a serious disadvantage in OCR. Here is another tip: If you set your mind…
To speak with Lindsay, you get a sense that she is meek, affable and home spun. If you follow her career as an Elite OCR Athlete you gain entirely different picture. Lindsay competed in around 20 OCR events in 2015 and won most all (13 races) in which she toed the line including the OCR…