The Natural Running Network Live

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!

Scott Tinley is a triathlon legend. He won the Ironman World Championship twice and the Ironman World Series 3 times. No other pro triathlete remained competitive as long as Scott.  Join Richard Diaz as he revisits the sport with one of its principal players.

“People always ask me why I haven’t tried to use my name more to continue profiting off my career, to continue my legacy,” he says. “I’ve always thought that people who were asking for more than their 15 minutes of fame were asking for trouble… for me, it’s more important to throw myself into things and figure them out. To keep things changing.”

Scott was inducted into the Triathlon and Ironman Hall of Fame in 1999.

This is our second installment of “Heart Rate Training” for runners. This episode covers the first steps in establishing your program, how to determine heart rate to build marathonendurance and motor skills. This piece of the puzzle you won’t want to miss!

An extremely insightful discussion with Dr. Robert Portman, Chairman of Pacific Health Labs. Anyone training 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.