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Patrick McCrann

Indoor Swim Training with a Vasa Swim Ergometer

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  Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P dives deeper into the Vasa Swim Ergometer with Endurance Nation Member extraordinaire, Ian Kurth. Ian has been pioneering the use of a Vasa, and similar training technology, to get fitter without compromising training time or efficiency. Thanks to…

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EN Podcast – Member Dawn Cass and her Breakthrough Season

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P interviews Dawn Cass on her breakthrough 2017 season. Key Talking Points: – Dawn tore her calf in the early Spring, that led to a few months off of running. – Despite that, she PR’d both Ironman® Mont Tremblant and Ironman®…

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The OutSeason and Winter Endurance Training

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P dives into the value behind winter training as a tool for building a fantastic season. Key Talking Points include: – Why Winter Training Can Make Such a Difference – The Value of Intensity in the Winter – Top Three Winter Mistakes…

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The Strategy, Skill and Lessons from Racing Back-to-Back-to-Back

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When I decided to tackle Ironman Cabo just four weeks after the World Championships, my goal was to carry my fitness forward in order to earn another spot to Hawaii. I was disappointed with my performance on the Big Island and wanted a second shot. This was to be my 25th Ironman® race, and I…

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Lessons Learned from Back-to-Back-to-Back Ironman Races

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P breaks down his three Ironman® races in three months approach. Qualify at Ironman® Mont Tremblant, compete at Ironman® Hawaii then re-qualify at Ironman® Los Cabos. Key Talking Points include: Managing Expectations Critical Workouts to Reverse DeTraining How to structure the…

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Late Season Qualifying: The Race Report

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  Quick Summary: 25th Ironman, 9th Kona Qualifying spot 9:39:57 (fifth-time going sub 9:40!) 3rd place in M40-44 8th Overall 2nd American Swim PR The Preparation My 2017 race schedule had already included, Ironman Mont Tremblant and Ironman World Championships, just four weeks prior to Ironman Los Cabos. With little time between the two races,…

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Episode #652 Paul Curtin’s Kona Qualification Process

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P interviews Paul Curtin on the training, planning, and preparation that went into his Age Group win at Ironman® Louisville (AG M50-54). In the last two years, Paul has lost 30 pounds…but even more impressive with that is the discipline he showed…

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Five Reasons to Rethink the Fall Marathon

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Every year athletes wake up in the fall realizing that their season is technically over and that winter is looming. Full of fitness and facing the reality of the coming cold, most athletes try to cram in one more good race for the year. But sometimes one more race is just one race too many.…

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Why You Don’t Run As Much As You Think, and How to Fix It

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One of the biggest issues that endurance athletes face is overreaching. Simply doing too much has the potential for devastating consequences. This is something that everyone knows, but not everyone does. It is a lesson that takes years to learn and is usually a path wrought with injury and setback. But it doesn’t have to…

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Episode #649: Where Does One Season End and Another Begin?

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P discusses the nuances of successfully “ending” a season. Starting a season is easy…but ending can be ugly. And the grey area between the two is full of POTENTIAL! Tune in to hear why Endurance Nation athletes use our Run Durability Program (RDP) to…

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