Many of us aspire to train “Naturally”. We have evolved from the traditional gym rat mentality, we’ve gotten outside to get our dose of exercise, we’ve adopted what believe to be functional style training but are we really getting the most of our efforts? Enter Erwan LeCorre, founder of MovNat and the MovNat Method. Erwan…
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Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
Interview with Lindsay Webster – OCR World Champion
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Endurance Sport Nutrition, Extreme Running, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing, Triathlon
Eat to Achieve Optimal Weight and Win Races
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A proper diet can mean the difference between winning and losing races. If you have poor feeding habits, you risk sacrificing your health; you will struggle with your training and may not race at an optimal weight. Matt Fitzgerald is arguably one of the most studied authors on the topic of endurance related nutrition. He…
Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
How to become an Obstacle Maniac
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Obstacle Course Racing is hot. Anyone that does an OCR event knows what I am talking about. Some say that they suffer from PRTSS (post-race traumatic stress syndrome), once the race is over, the buzz starts to ware off and the competitors begin to miss the race community they have come to love and respect.…
Expert Running Tips, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
The Run Clinic Road Show… what you need to know to Run and Perform Your Best!
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Over the years Richard Diaz (our host) and diaz human performance has put on elite caliber running clinics all over southern California. The impact of this training and education is so dramatic that athletes from all over the country go through great pains to attend and or visit for personal coaching and evaluation. Our current…
Extreme Running, Listen & Learn, Obstacle Racing
An Inside Look at Battle Frog w/ Christopher Acord
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Battle Frog is quickly becoming the OCR Series of choice among discerning competitors in the world of Obstacle Racing. Christopher Acord is Battle Frog’s chief architect/Race Director, fondly nicknamed “The Beard” for obvious reasons. We thought it was time to reach out to Christopher to gain some insight into the planning and development of “the…
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
The New Year’s OCR Athlete Reflections
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We invited a few competitive Obstacle Racing Athletes to come on and to discuss the past year and prospects for The New Year’s performances. Jack Bauer, Alexandra Walker and Benjamin Pina agreed to share their thoughts. The questions were… How did it go last year? What do you feel you need to improve on? What…
Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
Next Stop World’s Toughest Mudder
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Ryan Atkins, coming off an exceptional race season, finishing 2nd in The Spartan World Championships behind a fearless and relatively unknown Robert Killian, now sets his sites on World’s Toughest Mudder. Ryan won this event last year but this year with the stakes up to $100,000 for the first team to complete 100 miles in…
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…
Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
Training with Heart
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With all the new data collecting devices on the market today, many athletes are still reluctant to employ heart rate as a principal guide in their training, this is really unfortunate. Of all the feedback one could obtain heart rate training, remains the most important ally regarding how or if the body is adapting to…