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 91: How to Create Motivation, Build Support Systems, and Multiply Your Performance

Episode 91: How to Create Motivation, Build Support Systems, and Multiply Your Performance

You don't have to just "hope" that your motivation to run will be there in the morning when the alarm blares… But motivation is fickle and unpredictable. Some days, you're ready to crush a track worko...

3 Apr 201916min

Episode 90: Running for Enlightenment with Filmmaker Sanjay Rawal

Episode 90: Running for Enlightenment with Filmmaker Sanjay Rawal

Sanjay Rawal is a filmmaker, runner, and the man behind the documentary 3100: Run and Become. Before becoming a filmmaker, he spent 15 years in over 40 countries working on human rights and internatio...

28 Mar 201950min

Episode 89: Meb Keflezighi: The Molding of a Distance Runner

Episode 89: Meb Keflezighi: The Molding of a Distance Runner

Meb's legacy is cemented as a world-class runner: he's the 2004 Olympic Marathon silver medalist, winner of the 2009 New York City Marathon and 2014 Boston Marathon, and 4-time Olympian. He's also the...

21 Mar 201959min

Dr. Mike Young on Metcon Workouts and Free Weights vs. Machines

Dr. Mike Young on Metcon Workouts and Free Weights vs. Machines

Don't be surprised if a Metcon workout includes: Running Cycling Rowing Gymnastic movements Strength exercises Any combination of these forms of exercise They're put together to condition the metabo...

14 Mar 201956min

Episode 87: Do Runners Really Need Nutrition Supplements?

Episode 87: Do Runners Really Need Nutrition Supplements?

Running nutrition can be confusing. To begin with, there's your day-to-day diet. The debates will forever rage on in running circles on how to fuel your training, from keto to high carb to whole 30 an...

28 Feb 201916min

Episode 86: Beth Skwarecki, the Health Editor of Lifehacker, on Health & Fitness Trends

Episode 86: Beth Skwarecki, the Health Editor of Lifehacker, on Health & Fitness Trends

Beth Skwarecki is the author of two books and the Health Editor of Lifehacker. She's here to dispel fitness and health myths that might be leading us astray. Beth is a member of the National Associati...

19 Feb 201958min

Episode 85: Lindsey Hein on Elites, Podcasting for Runners, and Training with Kids

Episode 85: Lindsey Hein on Elites, Podcasting for Runners, and Training with Kids

Lindsey has always been a runner. She ran cross country in high school and after running for fitness and health in college, started running marathons post-collegiately. To date, she's run 14 marathons...

14 Feb 201945min

How to Optimize Recovery with Christie Aschwanden

How to Optimize Recovery with Christie Aschwanden

Recovery means much more than what you do - it's also about what you don't do. For example, many runners think foam rolling or taking an ice bath are effective recovery methods. And if you enjoy them,...

4 Feb 201944min

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