Olympic Silver Medalist Leo Manzano "The Rain Maker"

During the 2012 Olympic Games Leo Manzano shattered a 44 year drought for Team USA in the 1500 meter event, earning a Silver medal with a blistering fast close in the final 100 meters. Listen as host Richard Diaz helps Leo re-live his amazing accomplishments.

Leo Manzano earned a 1500 meter silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games (3:34.79); the first American to do so since Jim Ryun's silver in Mexico City 1968. He won his first USA Outdoor 1500 meter title at the 2012 Olympic Trials, earning his second berth on a U.S. Olympic team.

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The Evolution of Women in Sports 05/24 by The Natural Running Network Live | Blog Talk Radio

The Evolution of Women in Sports 05/24 by The Natural Running Network Live | Blog Talk Radio

Jenny Hadfield and our host Richard Diaz discuss the evolution in the sport for women and where we are headed. Jenny is an author of two books, Running for Mortals and Marathoning for Mortals and writes for RunnersWorld.com and Women’s Running Magazine.
 She’s been featured in Women’s Health, Prevention, Health, Cooking Light, Outside, Forbes, Fitness, The Chicago Tribune, and Good Morning America – Health. 

Interview with Terenzo Bazonne 5 Time World Champion Triathlete

Terenzo Bazzone is one of the hardest working pro's on the intrnational pro triathlon circut. His calim to fame is his ability to dominate the world stage in the 70.3 Ironman Long Course. A 5 time world champion and all arounf nice guy.  We caught him just before leaving for France to compete in the ITU World Chamionships. Listen to a candid interview with Richard Diaz and Terenzo.

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The Evolution of Women in Running and Sports

Women are far an away seeing greater progress with their performances in running events then the men at this point in history. Join me and my guest Jenny Hadfield, author, coach and columnist for Runners World Magazine, Women's Running, and running coach as we discuss the infleunce that women have on todays running scene. Along with other fun observations.

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Interview with the Roc Doc

Taping athletes first came to light during Olympic Beach Volley Ball. Now this mysterious taping is seen in every sport. Join us as we share the whys and how’s of taping with Dr. Capobianco the authority in the art of Kinesio-Taping for performance and injury.

As the key spokesperson and educator for “Rock Tape” Dr. Steve has travelled around the world sharing his knowledge with medical professional’s therapists and athletes from virtually every sport. Kinesio Taping has become a staple in the endurance sport world as a highly effective solution to nagging injuries, from toe to head. If you’ve ever dealt with a running or sport related injury, you really owe to yourself to listen to this show!

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A Race for Madmen

An interview with the producers of UltrArabia a one-of-a-kind race, one never before attempted, across a vast expanse of desert in the Empty Quarter of western Oman. This will be an exclusive opportunity for some of the world's best ultra runners, stage runners and distance runners to experience a race in the Arabia and the Empty Quarter or the Rub al Khali as it is known in Arabic.

The route will take runners through an unforgiving but breathtaking section of this infamous desert known as the "sea of sand" and across an ancient land steeped in mystery. This will be a 7 day stage race covering a distance of 300k.

Rub Al-Khali is the largest sand desert in the world, made up of vast areas of continous and connected sand dunes. It is also one of the driest and widely acclaimed as the most beautiful and stunning of sand dune deserts.

Temperatures in November are the mildest of the year and the nights are perfect for sleeping comfortably out under the stars. Desert camps among new friends will be a highlight of this race.

UltrArabia is bound to test your limits physically and mentally but the rewards of spending time crossing the Oman section of Rub al Khali will be incalculable.

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Where does it hurt… does your Doctor know?

When athletes are injured, they are vested in the recovery process. It is important to have a clear and precise diagnosis before treatment. Learn how to best communicate with your Doctor to get to the bottom of the problem quickly. Dr. Adam Story tells us how.

Ever feel like your doctor does not listen to you or worse, you don’t understand him? Dr. Story has some excellent tips on how best to relate to your Doctor to help him better identify the injury, and how best to deal with it. This is a very helpful bit of knowledge that every good patient should have.

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Out of the fire-into the fryin pan!

Our Listener question of the day revolves around two differing runner injury syndromes; Stress fractures, hip problems that turned into Achilles and Calve strains. Listen as we try to offer a workable solution to these problems.

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Ultra Marathon Man

The Ultra Marathon Man, Dean Karnazes shares his thoughts with our host Richard Diaz.  Dean is an ESPN ESPY Award winner as Best Outdoor Athlete and author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner, a fun interview with an amazing athlete.

In 2006, Karnazes embarked on the well-publicized Endurance 50: 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days. Beginning with the Lewis and Clark Marathon in St. Louis on September 17, 2006, it finished with the New York City Marathon on November 5.

The adventure was the primary subject of a film entitled UltraMarathon Man: 50 Marathons - 50 States - 50 Days, which was the first feature film about Karnazes. The film was produced by Journeyfilm, had a national theatrical release in 300 screens in 2008.

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