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Happy Fourth of July!

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While the Fourth of July is a very “American” holiday, it’s still one of my favorites. Aside from all the awesomeness associated with asserting our independence, there’s a great deal more about the day. Since it’s not a family or religious holiday, everyone gets to hang out and do really cool stuff like go to…

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Happy Fourth of July!

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While the Fourth of July is a very “American” holiday, it’s still one of my favorites. Aside from all the awesomeness associated with asserting our independence, there’s a great deal more about the day. Since it’s not a family or religious holiday, everyone gets to hang out and do really cool stuff like go to…

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Coeur d’Alene Race Report: Brandon Cantrell

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Coeur d’Alene Race Report: Brandon Cantrell Pre-Race I’ll have to be honest here. I’ve read all the Wiki entries, done almost all the workouts, RRs, 4 keys, that stuff, but I still wasn’t 100% on how this day was going to be possible. I ate my body’s weight in apple sauce, banana, and water that…

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2013 Couer d'Alene Race Report: Mark Cardinale

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Here’s my rather lengthy Coeur d’Alene race report.  I’m using it as both my race report and my mental debrief on what turned out to be an awesome experience that surpassed expectations on a number of levels. Here are the details if you are so inclined… I have been with EN since October 2012.  2013…

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Triathlon Race Preparation Tips: How to master race-specific training

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Team Endurance Nation is deep into the race season and hard at work in the Race Preparation Phase of their training. The Race Prep phase of all of our training plans is 10 to 12 weeks. During this period, training becomes much more race specific on a number of levels. Below are our thoughts, notes,…

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Lessons from Power for Riding the Long Course Bike

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As coaches of a team of primarily long course triathletes, we feel that a powermeter is one of the best investments you make in your training and racing. But if that investment isn’t in the cards for you, or you have a powermeter but aren’t quite sure how to use it, we’d like to give…

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How To Tame The Hilliest Bike Course The EN Way

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There Is No Such Thing as a Hard Triathlon Bike Course Technically, no, not in the truest sense of the word “hard” or when it comes to cycling. So while that course profile might seem pretty legit to you, know that there are tons of other events with harder courses, more gain, and more overall…

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Meet The Team: Ironman® Mont-Tremblant 2013

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TeamEN will have 9 athletes representing at the 2013 Ironman® North American Championship Mont-Tremblant this Saturday, and they’re all ready to pound it through the Laurentian Mountains in Quebec, Canada. The weather looks great, though there is a chance of thunder boomers, but that won’t stop our athletes. Let’s take a look at some of…

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Long Course Bike: It's Not About The Gain

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It’s Not About the Gain It’s common for Ironman® athletes to “shop a bike course,” searching out information on the relative difficulty of bike courses and usually focusing on the total elevation gain. However, in our experience, elevation gain doesn’t tell the complete story about the relative difficulty of Ironman® bike courses. Rather, the primary…

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Meet the Team: Couer d'Alene – Team Endurance Nation

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One of the most popular races in the triathlon world, Ironman® Coeur d’Alene is happening this weekend, and Team EN is psyched to win! Summer officially arrives on Friday, but Team EN will bring the heat on Saturday, and while the weather looks like it’s going to cooperate with mild temps and partly cloudy skies,…

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