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New Triathlon Training and Coaching Tools for 2013

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Endurance Nation trains age-group triathletes looking to excel at triathlon. You have a job, a family and lots of stuff going on…and you want to be a triathlete too. We can help. Our time-efficient methodology and focus on quality over quantity means less training hours without sacrificing speed. Over the last five years we have…

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Ironman NYC Race Report: Jessica Withrow

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Jessica Withrow, you are an IRONMAN! It’s pretty obvious that the more time spend immersed in triathlon, the more I realize there are a lot of tri adages out there. So, tri adages. “Never try anything new on race day.” “Control the things you can, let go of the things you can’t.” They all exist…

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The Life Cycle of the Age Group Ironman Athlete

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Coach Rich at Ironman® Wisconsin 2011 As we begin to close out 2012 and look towards 2013, you may have registered for your 1st, 2nd, and 22nd Ironman. If that’s the case, we’d like to share with you some observations we’ve made about the typical “Ironman® Lifecycle,” so you can know what to expect as…

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Endurance Nation and the 2013 Long Course Triathlon Season

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Coach Patrick McCrann at Ironman® Kona   Endurance Nation trains age-group triathletes looking to excel at triathlon. You have a job, a family and lots of stuff going on…and you want to be a triathlete — we can help. Our time-efficient methodology and focus on quality over quantity means less training hours without sacrificing speed.…

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Are You Ready to "Step Up" from a Half to a Full Ironman?

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Endurance Nation at Ironman® Lake Placid Many triathletes find themselves pulled inexorably up the distance continuum, from sprint, to Olympic, to half Ironman, to a full Ironman® distance triathlon. Training for and racing a 140.6 mile adventure is a significant undertaking, no doubt. Before you make that commitment, we’d like to answer a few common…

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Ironman New York City Race Report: Carol Defazio — 1st IM, 1st AG, 1st KQ!!

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Carol Defazio at Ironman® New York City   It is very exciting to be able to say I am an Ironman® now and write this report.  I have some things to work on, nutrition related, but all in all it was a great day. Pre-race: Arrived in NYC on Thursday, checked into the hotel (near…

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Racing a Half Ironman Before a Full Ironman

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Endurance Nation at Ironman® Racine 70.3   “Should I race a half Ironman® before my full Ironman?” I am asked this question very frequently, as the Endurance Nation coach responsible for planning the seasons of every one of our members and trial members, outlining their movement through our training plans across their race calendar. The…

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Lake Placid Race Report: Kori Martini, mother of 3 under 2yo (!), 12:08

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Lake Placid Finisher Kori Martini   We would like to share with you an Lake Placid race report from Kori Martini. Kori is a working mother of 3 kids under 2 years old. She used the time efficiency focus of  Endurance Nation to race to a 12:08 at Lake Placid. Kori is the poster mom…

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The Triathlon Execution Magic of Riding Steady, Part 2: Training vs Racing

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Steady wins the race! In Part 1 we introduced you to the concept of “riding steady.” In Part 2 we discuss the application of this to your triathlon training and racing. Steady: Racing vs Training Now, our discussion of Steady in Part 1 is a style of riding the bike, just as drilling it up…

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TeamEN at Couer d’Alene 2012

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TeamEN at Coeur d’Alene’12 TeamEN fielded nearly 30 athletes at Coeur d’Alene’12, the 10th anniversary of the event and Version 3.0 of the bike course. Rich Strauss was on hand to coach and lead the team, organize a team dinner for our athletes and families, and deliver our Four Keys of Ironman® Execution pre-race talk…

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