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 44: Coach Jenny Hadfield on How Beginners Should Start Running

Episode 44: Coach Jenny Hadfield on How Beginners Should Start Running

Depending on whether you started running today or last year, today's podcast will clarify the most high-impact training available to you. Because certain training strategies and workouts are either to...

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Episode 43: 3 Ways to Avoid the Dreaded Performance Plateau

Episode 43: 3 Ways to Avoid the Dreaded Performance Plateau

If you can replicate the principles (not necessarily the exact workouts, mileage, etc.) that lead to personal bests then you can keep improving and setting personal bests. The alternative is hitting a...

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Episode 42: Easy vs. Marathon Pace, Goal Setting, and More Q&A with Coach Mario Fraioli

Episode 42: Easy vs. Marathon Pace, Goal Setting, and More Q&A with Coach Mario Fraioli

The best runners know when to get help and work together. If you're a Lone Wolf, some things are inevitable: Have a question? Prepare to spend hours going down the Google rabbit hole... Feeling unmot...

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Episode 41: Jonathan Beverly on How to Run for Decades (with no burnout)

Episode 41: Jonathan Beverly on How to Run for Decades (with no burnout)

For a lot of runners, what started as a way to get in shape or lose a few pounds turns into a lifelong passion. Soon, you're going on running retreats and flying across the country to run a marathon. ...

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Episode 40: Courtney Frerichs on Long-Term Success: Gymnastics, Strength Training, and Teammates

Episode 40: Courtney Frerichs on Long-Term Success: Gymnastics, Strength Training, and Teammates

Last August, we witnessed the most electrifying track race in history at the World Championships: the women's 3,000m Steeplechase. Before this race, no American woman had ever won a medal in the steep...

2 Okt 201736min

Elite Runners on Failure: How 6 Pro Runners Deal with Disappointment

Elite Runners on Failure: How 6 Pro Runners Deal with Disappointment

But we almost never discuss the failures of the world's best runners. What does it feel like to never achieve your biggest goal throughout your entire career? How does an elite keep perspective? Do th...

12 Sep 201747min

Episode 38: Devon Yanko - Leadville Trail 100 Champ - on Recovery and Prevention

Episode 38: Devon Yanko - Leadville Trail 100 Champ - on Recovery and Prevention

Meet Devon Yanko. On August 19, 2017 she won the Leadville Trail 100 - a race where 9,200 feet altitude is the lowest you'll experience on the course. She finished in 20:46:29, averaging 12:28 per mil...

5 Sep 201758min

Episode 37: Olympian Alexi Pappas on How Not to be Boring

Episode 37: Olympian Alexi Pappas on How Not to be Boring

Alexi's talents extend far beyond the track and screen. She's been a... columnist for Women's Running Magazine improvisational comedy performer in Los Angeles author of a one-act play As you can see...

30 Aug 201745min

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