The Natural Running Network Live

Why do we fatigue as runners? Listen as our host Richard Diaz defines the real reasons that a runner fatigues. I fascinating explanation of the true culprit behind our inability to get past the 20 mile mark, hold pace and avoid walking during a marathon.

Learn what you can do when you’re not running to become a better runner. Listen as our host Richard Diaz and guest Coach Jenny Hadfield discuss the non-running aspects of training. Also, Running Tips for women, train the body cycle rather than from a template! Too much talk about mileage, work and more work. A runner spends only a fraction of their day running, what about the rest of the day? What can you do to enhance your ability to perform with the rest of your life? Veteran Coach and columnist for RunnersWorld.com and Women’s Running Magazine Jenny Hadfield has some interesting insights and Richard Diaz wants to share them with you!

During the 2012 Olympic GamesLeo Manzano shattered a 44 year drought for Team USA in the 1500 meter event, earning a Silver medal with a blazing fast attack in the final 100 meters. Listen as host Richard Diaz helps Leo re-live his amazing accomplishments. Leo Manzano earned a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games at 1500 meters (3:34.79); he is the first and only American to do so since Jim Ryun's silver in Mexico City 1968. He won his first USA Outdoor 1500 meter title at the 2012 Olympic Trials, earning his second berth on a U.S. Olympic team.

Natural Running does not mean running barefoot; it is running the way your body was designed to run. Listen as our host Richard Diaz performs a gait analysis for one of our listeners. Learn what mistakes to avoid and tips on how to run long and avoid injury. A lot of runners have made a conscious decision to get off of their heels and to try and run more “Naturally”. The evidence is too compelling to discount the benefits. Unfortunately, without the proper guidance, they can end up with chronic injuries and become very frustrated. This show will address the common flaws and explain how to effectively make the transition from heel striker to the Natural Running style.

To Run faster is not quite as simple as pushing as hard as you can. Many programs are devoted to the science of “how to run faster” but most of these programs miss the mark! Join us as we explain how to implement and effective track workout to find your speed. It’s true! Traditional track workouts are far too random in nature and have not kept up with the science that is available to us today. Over the course of the next hour, we will reveal the reason why your speed plateaus and what you can do to get faster over the next few weeks!

Running is the number 1 recreational pastime in America, with over 1.85 million half marathon finishers in 2012. Shockingly, 70% of these runners are injured each year. These injuries are avoidable. Our host Richard Diaz provides some solutions to the problem. It’s true, over 70% of the running community battles with injuries that are due in great part to improper running styles and generally bad advice. Our host has extensive experience in dealing with the cause and affects relationship with most common injuries and the faults behind them. It is futile to keep visiting the Doctor hoping for a miracle cure when returning to run once healed we repeat the same errors. This show will pin point many of these flaws and offer tips and solving them.

Everyone who plans on running a marathon has one underlying goal… to finish the race.  Join us as our host Richard Diaz and renowned coach and author Matt Fitzgerald discuss how to avoid a DNF, new technology, training programs and what it takes to finish a marathon. In the last few years with new advancements in smartphone technology and Bluetooth, there are countless “apps” that support training for just about any fitness or racing adventure. Our goal is to shed light on some of the new features available for runners, how they work and of course, how they can help you achieve your goals.

Compression tights look great while training and racing. Quality running tights, socks, and accessories offer huge benefits, if you know when, what and why to wear them. Listen as Richard Diaz and Richard Verney, Director of Sales at 2XU demystifies there use. When is the best time to wear compression socks vs. calf sleeves? Does compression wear make me a faster Runner? How can recovery tights reduce soreness? How do I best care for these technical garments? All of these questions will be addressed in this interview. If you race and or train and don’t understand compression, this is a show you don’t want to miss!

Lesley Paterson “The Scottish Rocket” Xterra World Champion, don’t be fooled by her fun loving nature, she is a ferocious competitor. Listen as Richard Diaz chats with her as she prepares for the 2013 Xterra World Championships in Kapalua Maui on Oct. 27.  On 23 October 2011, Paterson won the Xterra World Championship in Kapalua, Maui, despite suffering a flat tire on the bike stage, and falling on the run stage. She recorded a run time of 43:54, almost 10 minutes faster than Lance Armstrong, whose presence had led to increased publicity for the race. Paterson repeated as champion in 2012, winning by almost four minutes over Bárbara Riveros. Paterson coaches triathletes using the name Braveheart Coaching, she describes her coaching work as "the hardest and yet one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done in triathlon.  She is working on a project to produce a reality TV series in which she trains underprivileged kids to race their first triathlon.

Faster, is a new book on the topic of speed as it relates to triathlon, running, cycling, swimming and overall performance.  Listen as author and astronautical engineer Jim Gourley and Richard Diaz discuss the science that few athletes consider yet should!

Eric Heiden, 5 time gold medalist in speed skating, pro cyclist and now physician for BMC pro cycling team.  No other athlete has broken as many records in a sport as Eric. He swept every event in speed skating in the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid. Now Dr. Eric Heiden serves as team physician in a sport he is very intimate with, professional cycling. He is also founder of the UC Davis Sports Performance Center. It is very rare to have a physician with such a unique view of athletic performance both as a world champion and a medical professional. Listen as our host Richard Diaz interviews ones of the greatest American athletes of our time.

Charlie Engle is one of the most interesting ultra-marathoner on earth, from his past drug addictions, his highly acclaimed project “Running the Sahara” to his stint in prison. Running is his salvation and inspiration for runners around the world.  In a recent interview, Charlie stated “In every long run, I want to push myself to that point where all seems hopeless because that is the exact place where I get to discover new things about myself”.  This comment is intriguing and merits further understanding. In this interview Richard Diaz hopes to expose this mindset. This is a show you don’t want to miss!

Running a marathon? This is the final piece of the puzzle! Join Richard Diaz and Dr. Mark Gorelick as they explain how to assemble the critical ingredients of training to complete a marathon. A sensible way to design your Heart Rate Training Program.

I call him “Mr. Tenacity” because he is simply unstoppable. Marshall Ulrich is arguably the toughest endurance athlete in the world! At a ripe old age of 62 he just completed his 19 Badwater UltraMarathon across Death Valley. Tenacious I say? Who else would have his toe nails removed to liberate himself from the surety of toe nails getting in the way of his forward progress? In the fall of 2008, he attempted to break the world record for a trans-American crossing and completed a 3,063.2-mile run from San Francisco to New York in 52.5 days, equal to 117 marathons, or two marathons plus a 10K each day. The effort, which included many injuries and obstacles, was chronicled in the 2010 movie, Running America. This is a show you just don’t want to miss!

In our first 2 segments of Heart Rate Training for Runners, we covered the basics concepts; why it is wise to use heart rate, and how to perform an initial set up. In part 3 Richard Diaz explains how to employ the critical elements of a sound training program. How much aerobic base training vs. skill is needed early in your marathontraining and how to make the correct decisions moving forward? When the time is right to begin adding more intensity workouts and how the time trials provide the feedback you need to stay on track. All these questions and more will be covered. This is a show you don’t want to miss!