If you race OCR you know how addicting it can be. Out of sheer curiosity we asked a few pointed questions… How old are you, how much do you think you spend each year on OCR events, will you exercise off season restraint and how often have you been injured if at all? The average…
We get a lot of questions asked regarding various training approaches for OCR and Running. We feel this makes for great content on The Natural Running Network. Our Facebook friends were good enough to provide us with quite a few questions; unfortunately time does not permit us to answer them all in one episode. However,…
Nearly all Obstacle Course Events include a heavy carry component and even those that don’t require hill climbing ability. These training challenges are best approached outdoors and typically best conducted by mimicking the actual challenge. Where am I going with this you might ask? In this episode I have the pleasure of sharing some of…
Ryan Atkins is the winningest athlete in the sport of Obstacle Racing today. It seems as if no course or competitor thus far has been able to undue his success. Ryan and Richard Diaz fields some questions from friends on social media and wrap up by discussing what it might take for someone like Hunter…
Anyone who knows me (Richard Diaz), knows I am hard-nosed when it comes to supplementation and gimmicks. I have always believed that a good feeding strategy and plenty of rest will be all you need to perform optimally. I get plenty of opportunities to test all sorts of products in the world of Sports Performance…
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…
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…
The United States Army Rangers are an elite military formation of the United States Army. Each year they hold a competition to determine who the best of the best are. Captain Robert Killian and teammate SSG Erich Friedlein are the current champions of this prestigious title of “Best Rangers”. Think one percent of the top…
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…