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Patrick McCrann

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ENPodcast – #614 – End of Season Gear Management and Gift Ideas

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P talks about wrapping up your gear at the end of the season. This is an opportunity for you to do a little maintenance (extend the life on your gear) and to even get organized for next season! Coach Patrick walks you…

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On the 5k Run

Tis the Season for Short Races – Using 5k Races to Keep the Winter Fun and Fast

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The 5K is the perfect winter running distance. Most Type A triathletes seek massive endurance challenges to test their run fitness. The savvy triathlete looks instead to the 5K distance as a tool for creating and measuring the appropriate fitness. It makes sense: you already spend the bulk of your year running long and steady in preparation…

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ENPodcast #613 – You Are Your Five Closest Friends

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P drops an in-between-isode on the concept of using your social network(s) to improve your fitness. If you truly are the sum of the five people you hang out with the most, then how can you use that information to your…

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Episode #608 — Holiday Running

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P talks about preparing for the Holiday Season that is December. Tune in for some big picture thougths on what really matters as well as how to best train when you are on the road and away from home. Give the…

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Episode #607 — Value of Fall Running

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P covers Fall Running, and how it playing into the annual process of creating your best possible race. Points covered include: Value of Run Durability Commit to Running Steady Aid with Body Composition Goals Fun Run Races Abound Set Frequency and Total…

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Beach Swim Start

Twin Peaks: Getting Fast In Your Final Race of the Season

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The last race of your year represents an opportunity for you to redeem yourself or to confirm that you are truly awesome. Don’t put any undue pressure on yourself other than making sure that you’re doing everything possible to have your best race. You have lessons learned from earlier races and a good sense of…

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Five Tips for Heat Racing Excellence

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P breaks down  the concept of the racing in the heat… consider this podcast to be inspired by what happened at Ironman®’s Hawaii this year. As more and more races get hotter, and are championship races remain in the heat, your ability…

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The 2017 OutSeason® Plans by Endurance Nation are Live!

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What is the OutSeason® by Endurance Nation? Our OutSeason® Training Plans reflect the unique Endurance Nation training philosophy of putting FAST before FAR. In just fouteen weeks (14) you will build incredible bike and run fitness, setting the tone for the remainder of your season. Over the past ten years more than 5,000 athletes have taken…

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Ironman® Florida: The Complete Race Breakdown — an Article by Endurance Nation

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Endurance Nation has a long history on the Ironman® Florida course: Coach Patrick has raced the event two times and we’ve been at almost every race since 2001. TeamEN has historically had between 25 and 40 athletes at the race every year since 2008; it’s a popular destination for newbies as well as veterans looking to try and…

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2016 Kona Experience Recap (and 2017 launch)

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Sitting on the plane back to the mainland next to my teammates and surrounded by triathletes, it’s hard not to feel pretty darn good about this triathlon lifestyle. If you haven’t already read our Intro Weekend and Race Week Recap posts, click to check them out. This is the official end-of-camp and race over post.…

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