Episode 60: How to Run a Fast Obstacle Course Race

Episode 60: How to Run a Fast Obstacle Course Race

Warrior Dash is a fun vacation from more traditional road racing. If you're bored and need a new challenge, an obstacle race might be just the cure.

They're fun – but you need the right training to prepare yourself for the challenge of completing a difficult obstacle course. With obstacles every few hundred feet on courses that are almost always hilly with uneven terrain, it's downright difficult to maintain your pace and get in a groove.

For most runners, it's a challenge just to run in between each obstacle!

But there are specific ways that you can train to ensure you have a successful race. Make no mistake: whether you're running a Warrior Dash or Tough Mudder, these aren't your typical road races. It takes a particular mindset to conquer them. Here's how.

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Episode 59: How Sam Plans to Escape His Cycle of Injuries

Episode 59: How Sam Plans to Escape His Cycle of Injuries

Sam started running in 2002 to lose the weight he put on in college. But his training really picked up years later when he started racing more in 2015. He told me: I set a goal to run another maratho...

10 Touko 201855min

Episode 58: Superfoods, Veganism & Fasting: A Registered Dietitian's Perspective

Episode 58: Superfoods, Veganism & Fasting: A Registered Dietitian's Perspective

Heather Caplan is a Registered Dietitian, certified running coach, and host of the RD Real Talk Podcast. She's also the former Head of Nutrition and Coaching at tech startup Spright, Inc. She's also w...

1 Touko 201845min

Episode 57: The Complete Guide to Hill Workouts

Episode 57: The Complete Guide to Hill Workouts

Running uphill (against gravity) stresses your body in a unique way that you can't mimic on flat land. That stress results in some fantastic adaptations and benefits: There's less impact running uphi...

26 Huhti 201815min

Episode 56: How to Balance Running in Your Life, with Keira D'Amato

Episode 56: How to Balance Running in Your Life, with Keira D'Amato

In reality, we have to make time and shuffle our schedules to accommodate all of our responsibilities: Kids and family Work and professional obligations Social events Sleep? Maybe? It's no easy feat...

17 Huhti 201847min

Episode 55: How Tyler Andrews is Chasing the 50K World Record

Episode 55: How Tyler Andrews is Chasing the 50K World Record

Tyler Andrews  was a competitive Division III runner - but certainly not a multiple All-American or other kind of standout performer. But that never stopped him from chasing big goals. After graduatin...

9 Huhti 201853min

Episode 54: Listen in on a Coaching Call About Running a Sub-3 Marathon

Episode 54: Listen in on a Coaching Call About Running a Sub-3 Marathon

It's no easy feat to run a marathon under three hours. It's faster than the fastest Boston Qualifying time of 3:05 (for young men) and according to one analysis, only 4% of men and just 1% of women ac...

28 Maalis 201850min

Episode 53: How to Run a Fast Mile, with NCAA Mile Champion Henry Wynne

Episode 53: How to Run a Fast Mile, with NCAA Mile Champion Henry Wynne

Henry Wynne has an unusual origin story: he's a former lacrosse player who had no interest in running but his parents encouraged him to stick with the sport in high school. Fast forward about 10 years...

5 Maalis 201848min

Episode 52: Maggie Callahan on The Benefits of Strength Training

Episode 52: Maggie Callahan on The Benefits of Strength Training

I had the pleasure of getting to know Maggie last fall when she modeled the exercises for our new strength training program. We spent a few hours at a weight lifting gym called Barbell Strategy in Bou...

26 Helmi 201838min

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