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Top Winter Training Tips For Athletes “Down Under” (Plus Sale Info)

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Author’s Note: This article is part of the Down Under Series focusing on athletes in the Southern Hemisphere (And expats in the Middle East!) who are currently in the winter training months. Athletes can save on our OutSeason® Plans in the EN Plan Store with the code DownUnder20 now until 8/31/2016. Use code "DownUnder20" to Save…

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2016 Ironman® Lake Placid — Team Weekend, TriClub Champs and More!

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The 2016 Ironman Lake Placid is officially in the books. It was another epic day, as most of these events are. This one was made all the more special for the team given how many athletes we had racing and how many friends, family, and teammates we had out on the course supporting. Bonus that…

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Time to Get to Work

OutSeason® Primer For Winter Training In The Southern Hemisphere

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Author’s Note: This article is part of the Down Under Series focusing on athletes in the Southern Hemisphere (And expats in the Middle East!) who are currently in the winter training months. Every year it seems that we remember, later than usual, that there’s a whole another hemisphere of triathletes out there. Most of us…

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Suns Out, Guns Out!

Ironman® Lake Placid Macro Level Overview

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As the leading race execution information provider, Endurance Nation has information resources on almost every long course triathlon in the world. One of our most popular races is Ironman® Lake Placid in New York. The longest running continental US Ironman® event, Lake Placid is a fixture on the racing circuit. It remains a destination race…

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An Open Letter To The First Time Half Iron Triathlete

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Congratulations on your about-to-happen first Half Iron! This probably represents a significant lead for you in terms of what your race day experience will be. Until now you’ve done shorter races like sprints and Olympic distance events. These are fun and exciting and challenging. But they don’t measure up to what the half distance truly is. In…

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DAY THREE 2016 PLACID CAMP RECAP

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Just when you thought things couldn’t get any crazier, Day Three of the Lake Placid camp arrives. We had an early run on schedule because of the local half and full marathon distance race the runs on the same Sunday of every camp weekend. It seems like no matter where I move camp so two…

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The Rock in Lake Placid

2016 Placid Camp Day Two Recap

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Placid Camp 9am Riders Day Two of the Lake Placid training camp brought with it more unpredictable weather. After the first day of riding and running, and the evening lecture, many of the campers were anxious to put their newfound skills to practice. Unfortunately the weather was doing its best to make things as difficult…

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Placid Camp Into the Mountains

2016 Lake Placid Training Camp Day One Recap

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Our 16th year here in the Adirondacks saw smaller group of about 12 campers come together for the weekend. For the entire week leading up to the race the weather looked awful. But on Thursday things cleared up setting us up for a fantastic weekend. Unfortunately, as we were to find out later, clear skies…

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2016 Rev3Quassy Race Recap

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With early June upon us, it was time for another annual pilgrimage to Middlebury CT for Rev3Quassy. Part of the local triathlon scene since 2009, Quassy has been putting the hurt on triathletes for years. And 2016 was no exception! Despite the photo, more than 30 Team Endurance Nation athletes were on hand to experience…

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Top Five Inspirational Triathlon Videos [For Emergency Use Only]

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We all hit a point in our season where the work we’re doing seems like, well, WORK. It’s a grind. Getting better isn’t easy. Getting incrementally better can almost feel moving in slow motion. Improvement isn’t linear. Consistency rules. Racing helps, but regardless y0u still need to train. To help you keep things going, here’s…

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