This year’s Black Friday episode is going to be all about giving back to my listening audience! No gimmicks, just our way of saying thanks for following us over the years. I plan to give away over $1000 worth of cool stuff. To earn a chance to get yours all I ask is that you…
Category: Extreme Running
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
The World’s Toughest Mudder Recap
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The 2015 World’s Toughest Mudder set the bar high for team participation. With a $100,000 carrot held out for the team that could cover 100 miles in the allotted 24 hour deadline. It was an interesting race and with the best attempts from the top teams, the money remains uncollected. There was a new course…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing, Triathlon
Critical Active Recovery Tips for Endurance Athletes
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Every athlete that follows our show knows that recovery is critical to performance and health. Unfortunately, too few practice effective active recovery. This is especially true among Obstacle Racing Athletes. Our featured guests; Dr. Tim Simansky, commonly known as “The Wod Doc” and Elite Spartan Pro athlete Hunter McIntyre are on to share opinions and…
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Extreme Running
Catching up with Charlie Engle – Extreme Ultra Runner
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Running 100 miles has become common place among the growing community of Ultra Runners. Few can say they have run over 4600 miles across the Sahara Desert, to raise awareness of the need for fresh water in Africa for an HBO documentary titled “Running the Sahara”. Charlie can. He can also talk about his run…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Nickademus Hollon Trail Runner Extraordinaire
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Running for 205 miles in 76 hours through the Alps with a collective elevation gain of over 80,000 ft., is no simple task. Being the only American to podium in this death defying race, for now, is reserved for only one man, Nickademus Hollon. Join Nick and Richard Diaz as they discuss the upcoming Spartan…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Pre-race Conversation with World’s Toughest Mudder Champion Ryan Atkins
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Are you are a fan of Obstacle Racing? Richard Diaz has asked Ryan to come onto “The Natural Running Network Live” to discuss his training, his awesome race season, and his prep for The Spartan World Championship and his decision to go team vs. solo and defend his title as World’s Toughest Mudder Champion. We’ll…
Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
The British OCR Invasion, Namely – Jonathan Albon
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In case you have not heard, World OCR Championship Season is upon us. Sure, maybe you don’t follow Spartan Racing or give a hoot about the fastest growing sport in the world. However if you do… there is a lot of excitement afoot. Reigning Spartan World and OCR World Champion Jonathan Albon is looking to…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
The Queen of Pain – Amelia Boone
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They fondly refer to her as “The Queen of Pain” Amelia Boone, 2 time World’s Toughest Mudder Champion, 2013 Spartan World Champion and current OCR elite point leader for 2015. Amelia is respected as the fiercest female competitor in OCR today and we have her on to discuss the championship season. An attorney by trade,…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Learn how to Decrease Pain and Increase Performance
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It is difficult to attend a Cross Fit competition, Spartan Race, Triathlon, Marathon or really pretty much any sporting even without seeing an athlete with some colorful tape affixed to their body. You may have heard that it’s helpful with abating injuries but you may not know as much as you should about how, when…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Death Race the Mother of all Obstacle Races
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Anyone who has heard of the infamous Death Race knows that it takes a very special type of person to even consider attempting the event let alone actually finishing. The brainchild of Joe DeSena, founder of The Spartan Race obstacle racing series, it makes you wonder what darkness lurks in his mind that would cause…