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Watts per Kilo, and Koach Dick’s Watts Per Kilo Klub

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The OutSeason® is a great time for our athletes to have fun while training, and that comes from an understanding of how watts per kilo affects their output.

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Resist the Siren Call of Epic Winter Events

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In recent years, we’ve seen the Age Group Triathlete’s calendar become filled with more and more opportunities for “epic winter training/racing events” – high volume run challenges, high volume cycling challenges, Goofy Challenges, and many more. As endurance coaches and athletes ourselves, we certainly understand the commitment to a fitness lifestyle — build your fitness…

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Endurance Nation is the 2013 Ironman TriClub Program World Champions

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It’s official…after a full season of traveling and racing, Endurance Nation has been crowned World Champions of the Ironman® TriClub Program (Division I-Clubs 400+ Members). This effectively makes Endurance Nation the world’s largest online triathlon team, or at the very least, the most active. TeamEN has between 40 and 90 members racing at every Ironman®…

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Objectify Your Training: A New Perspective on The Triathlon OutSeason® [Video]

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Whenever possible we encourage our athletes to add the objective intensity metrics of power and pace to the more common metrics of Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) and heart rate. Why Objective Metrics? We encourage our athletes to develop the following perspective on fitness, training, and work: “Fitness” is your body’s ability to perform work,…

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2013 Florida Race Report – First Time Ironman Jaime Fields Nabs a 12:11 Finish

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This was my first Ironman® and prior to the race, I had only raced in sprint distance races. When I registered for Florida in 2012, I knew right away I needed some way to train that would provide structured training plan for me to follow. I found EN via a google search and decided I…

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2013 Arizona Race Report – Steve Dorris Learns a Valuable Lesson In Patience And Execution

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Previous IM background: Florida 2009 13:40:01, Texas 2011 DNF. Joined EN in 2010, but really only utilized the training plan.  Never really plugged into the forums or dug through the wiki until this year.  First IM with anything close to a race execution plan. Goal for IMAZ: 11:55:00 Arizona Times Swim: 1:16:32 T1: 8:28 Bike: 6:03:12 T2:…

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Approach Your First Time Ironman with R.I.G.O.R.

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The journey to your first Ironman® finish line is full of unseen challenges and amazing rewards. It’s one of the few times in your adult life that you will work really, really hard for something that matters to you. So much of what we do is focused on other people or other commitments. But signing…

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2013 Arizona Race Report: Rian Bogle – 2 Years On TeamEN Shaves 4 Hours Off His IM time…10:52!

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Listen to Coach Rich’s chat with Rian about his performance at Arizona2013 on the Endurance Nation Podcast, available in the player at the end of this post! Wow! Where to start? There are many things to say, and the numbers are spinning around in my head. Its another year and another Ironman® down: My third…

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