The Natural Running Network Live

The Q&A Show is an open forum for Novice to advanced Marathon Runners to call in and ask questions regarding their running experience LIVE! Any question… shoe selection, hydration, heart rate, program design running technique, you name it we’ll answer it!

Anyone who has watched a major Marathon on TV knows the greatest runners in the world come from Africa. Join us as we discuss the secrets of their success with Gilbert Tuhabonye, an East African runner, National Champion and celebrity running coach. Gilbert is a fascinating personality in the running and coaching world, he has been a guest on our show before as he shared his remarkable genocidal survival story. This time around our focus will be running tips, how to adapt to the running styles of the greatest runners in the world! This is a show you do not want to miss.

Running your first marathon?Are you dealing with nagging injuries? Have questions about heart rate, hydration or program design? Need some great advice? This is the show for you! Today’s Q&A is our first of a weekly series of Q&A between you our audience and our Host Richard Diaz and guests. We encourage our fans and visitors to call in live or chat us up to ask any question they may have on the topics of running, fitness or nutrition. This will be a shorter format only 30 minutes but our goal is to provide straight answers to your burning questions, it should be awesome! Our Friday show has historically provided excellent information regarding: heart rate, running form, functional strength, program design, hydration, nutrition and much more, however we felt the need to expand our offerings. We could not imagine backing away from the amazing featured guest interviews, yet we know that our audience is hungry for information, so now we have two shows, one dedicated to Q&A every Tuesday morning 9:00 am (PST) and our feature guest interview show each Friday morning at 8:30 am (PST).

Interview with Chris “Macca” McCormack, 2 time IronMan World Champion and five time International Triathlete of the year. Chris is an amazing athlete, having won over 200 races around the world since 1993. He has broken 8 hours in Ironman distances 4 times (Only man to break it more than twice). This is a show you don’t want to miss!

Join host Richard Diaz and longtime friend, Johnny G as they speak about fitness, motivation, training concepts and Johnny’s worldwide recognition as one of the most inspirational exercise innovators in the fitness industry for over two decades. Anyone who has ever participated in one of his sessions, on the Spinning bike, Krank Cycle or any of his various fitness gatherings, understands why he is so popular all over the world. He single handedly captivated over 1,000,000 fitness enthusiasts each day in over 28 countries. This definitely a show you do not want to miss!

Training and racing at our best can get complicated, living with self-imposed pressure, performance anxiety, pain, boredom, fear and self-defeating negative thoughts, listen in as Dr. Cleere, Sports Psychologist helps us build a Mental Tool Kit for Runners.

An extremely insightful discussion with Dr. Robert Portman, Chairman of Pacific Health Labs. Anyone preparing to run a Half Marathon or beyond should listen to this show. Learn how nutrition, meal timing and feeding effect your ability to perform and recover. Dr. Portman is coauthor of two books, Nutrient Timing and The Performance Zone and has authored hundreds of articles on how nutrition can improve fitness, health and athletic performance. He is a frequent guest on TV and radio and has been a keynote speaker at many professional meetings and seminars. Dr. Portman holds 12 patents for nutritional inventions to improve sports performance, reduce appetite and manage Type II diabetes.

An interview with Danny Dreyer author of Chi Running. A revolutionary system of Natural Running based on the principals of Tai Chi. Chi Running has sold over 350,000 books to date. Danny has just released a new book titled CHI Marathon. A pioneer in the re-evolution of Natural Running, he and his books, lectures and training has gained a great deal or respect in the running community. Join us as our Host Richard Diaz and Danny Explore the finer points of running marathons, running mechanics and the state of the running industry.

Join our host Richard Diaz and returning guest Matt Fitzgerald as they discuss the infamous wall and how to avoid hitting it in a Marathon or Half Marathon. Matt has just released his new book; “The New Rules of Marathon and Half Marathon Nutrition”. Anyone who has run their first Marathon can attest to the fear of hitting the wall at the 20 mile mark. Many believe a Marathon does not start until you get past this brink of success or fail.  Matt is an expert on performancenutrition and has some very interesting tips to share on feeding that will insure success in your next event. Anyone planning to run a marathon should know; “this is a show you don’t want to miss!”

Decathlon, a very complex sport, join us as I interview, Olympic Decathlete Mark Jellison as we discuss his training, what it takes to compete in 10 events over 2 days and what it’s like to be a super human sprinter, jumper, thrower and endurance athlete! It’s Complicated… we mere mortals have enough to think about when we set out to prepare for a single event, say a 10k, or even a marathon. Think what it would be like if you had to get yourself ready to compete in 10 different events held over 2 consecutive days? Having the need to be powerful, yet enduring, agile, fleet of feet, strong enough to launch yourself over 15 feet into space. Have the ability to hurl a Javelin 174 feet! Run the hundred in 51 seconds… need I say more? It is complicated.

Now more than ever, technology has become a powerful ally for sports performance. Join our host Richard Diaz and guest Chip Hawkins, founder of Wahoo Fitness as they discuss the cutting edge innovations and the marriage of iPhone apps and training devices.   Now more than ever people are depending on their smart phones for more than just communication. Wahoo Fitness is a leader in the development of training tools that provide valuable information such as heart rate, power, stride and various other data points that are critical for training and now available right on your iPhone! Chip Hawkins is respected as one of the leading minds at the front of these innovations.

An interview with Ultra Marathon Champion Scott Jurek, 7 time winner of the Western States 100 miler, author of the best seller,Eat & Run.  Nicknamed El Venado (the Deer) Scott is arguably the greatest American Ultra Marathoner in history. Scott’s fame grew outside the typical trail running circles due to popularity of Christopher McDougal’s  Best Seller“Born to Run”, in which Scott participated in the race through the Copper Canyons’ with the legendary Tarahumara Indians of Mexico.

Cheating is more than just using performance enhancing drugs in sports. It’s a contagion, the more people do it, the more the more it’s accepted. Listen as our host Richard Diaz speaks out on the wrong associated with cheating as it relates to sports.

Part 3 on “How to Design your own Running Program” brings it all together! Now that you know how to plan and implement the proper elements of training, the final piece of the puzzle is hydration and nutrition. Avoid the hitting the wall,learn to generate a negative split and cross the finish line strong and in style! We will recap the previous training elements discussed in the prior segments and discuss race strategies.

Join our host and guest Best-selling author, Dr. Brian Abelson DC, the Clinical Director of Kinetic Health as they discuss common running injuries and things you can do to avoid or ultimately self-treat them. There are two basic types of runners, those who have been injured and those who will soon be injured. Be prepared, no the warning signs and what to do when a potential injury manifests. Another great show and an excellent supplement to the “How to design your own running program series”.