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Coach Patrick Breaks 1:20 for a Half Marathon

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A New Personal Best! Coach P's Video Race Recap (Click to Watch)   You can view the file with my GPS data from my race today (see below). What the data doesn’t show is that it was a windy day, but not as windy as expected (steady 8mph vs 18!). I was a little nervous…

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How to Build A Triathlon Season With No Racing?

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A view of the Ironman® Coeur d' Alene Swim Course From time to time, the Endurance Nation coaches field questions on Facebook, Twitter or via the Support Tab on our Training Plan FAQ page. We reserve the right to share this information if we believe it could be beneficial to the at-large triathlon community! “Rich…

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Getting Fast – Coach Patrick's 2012 Season Start

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Coach Patrick on the Lake Placid Course I started the 2012 Ironman® triathlon training and racing season with some very lofty performance goals. It was clear to me at the end of last year that while I was fitter, the competition was getting stronger, not to mention that the overall number of slots for Kona…

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FastCamp — FREE 8-Week Coached Triathlon Training Program

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NEW from Endurance Nation, FastCamp is a FREE, limited time only opportunity for you to train with an Endurance Nation training plan under the direct guidance of EN Coaches Rich Strauss and Patrick McCrann. FastCamp beings Monday, March 12 and ends Sunday, May 6th >> Go here to register and to claim your FastCamp slot! Access…

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Project Armstrong: Predicting the Effect of Lance’s Return to Triathlon

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Unless you live under a rock, you’ve undoubtedly heard by now that Lance Armstrong had a successful return to long course triathlon this past weekend. He raced Panama 70.3® and he earned a second-place finish. It was a challenging bike course and extremely hot conditions. He rode within himself and was within the leading group,…

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Year End Sale — 50% Off Coach Patrick's Guides!

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So, I’ll GIVE instead of TAKING this year. Use the code Holiday50 to save 50% off of any one of my training guides. I have written books on how to train for triathlon, how to prepare for your best marathon and how to build the ultimate training lifestyle.

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Road ID Sale In Memory of Chris Gleason

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We have partnered with Road ID (www.roadid.com). Using the code pcEndurance, you can save 10% on any RoadID purchase — and 25% of every order will be donated to the G. Christopher Gleason Education Fund. This deal will only last until December 31, 2011…so act quickly!

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Six Long Course Marathon Secrets Revealed

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The phrase “racing Ironman” is essentially an oxymoron. Within any given Ironman, there are maybe fifty athletes who will be racing to the peak of their fitness. There are another 250-ish athletes who think that they are racing, but they will most likely end up with a slower-than-desired finish. The rest of us? Well, we…

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Top Five Most Inspirational Triathlon Videos

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Most of us don’t sign up for a triathlon because we are excited about the prospect of waking up at 5am and training in the dark. Or spending hours away from our family and friends each week.

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Weekly Race Report – Update

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Here is the official Endurance Nation results update for the races since 11/13/2011. EN had a total of  10  athletes race in a variety of races with an 80% PR rate! Congratulations to everyone — you can read the full details below. If you’d like to join our age group members in training to be…

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