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Coach Patrick — What I Learned During the 2015 Triathlon Season

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The end of another year is a great chance to review all of our lessons learned…what worked, and what didn’t. As a coach and athlete, I pretty much test all manner of new training protocols on myself before recommenting them to our Endurance Nation athletes. The process of self-improvement is a large part of what…

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Coach Patrick's 2015 Ironman Hawaii Race Report

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The Short Version: 10:02, good enough for 60th AG (new personal best!) and my third best time here on the Big Island — but my most complete race (finally, in my 7th attempt here)! Thanks to all of you for your support, well-wishes and more…no way I could ever do this on my own. Biggest props goes to my amazing wife and daughters who were everywhere on race day with smiles, high-fives and more!

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Race Weekend Spotlight: 9/25 – 9/27 2015

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Ironman® 70.3 Augusta: 3rd Place, Division 1 with 16,965 points scored Ironman® 70.3 SuperFrog: 2nd Place, Division 1 with 10,458 points scored Sheri DeVore 25 minute 70.3 PR Ironman® Chattanooga: 1st Place, Division 1 with 94,827 points scored – special congratulations to: Carol DeFazio 1st Place 65-69W  Kona Qualifying Spot Doug Johnson 38 minute Ironman PR 12 AG Emily Brinkley…

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Race Weekend Spotlight Sept 4-6 & 11-13 2015

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  Ironman® 70.3 Santa Cruz: Division 1 with 13,500 points scored Ironman® Wisconsin: 2nd Place, Division 1 with 88,536 points scored – special congratulations to: Coach Rich Strauss 5th Place 45-49M Kona Qualifying Spot Jeremy Behler 3rd Place 40-44M Kona Qualifying Spot Rachel Hawe 70 minute Ironman PR David Duran 3:57:18 Ironman PR Scott Gijium 38 minute Ironman…

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Three Changes in Triathlon in the Last Decade

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The times, they are a changin’….and we’re not just talking about WTC being purchased by the Wanda group the other week. 1. Training and racing are no longer the same thing. There is an expertise to racing these days, and you either have it or you don’t. 2. The most valuable race information is build…

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Race Weekend Spotlight Aug 28-30 2015

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Ironman®  70.3 World Championship Ironman® Muskoka: 1st Place, Division 1, with 4,781 points scored, and special congratulations to: Dave Tallo, 5th AG M45-49 and a Kona Qualifying spot Challenge Penticton Mark Maurer, 2nd AG M55-59 Finally, Endurance Nation is currently 1st Overall in the World and Americas rankings, with 756,387 points   [View the story “Race Weekend Spotlight ”…

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Race Weekend Spotlight Aug 14-16 2015

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  Large race weekend for Endurance Nation. We had podium spots, first time finishers and memorable finish line moments. Congratulations team, keep up the great work! Ironman® Tri Club Global Ranking: 1st with 734,435 points Ironman® Mont-Tremblant 1st Place Tri Club Division 1 with 56,512 points Bruce Thompson 3rd AG M60-64 Kona Qualifying Ironman® 70.3…

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Race Weekend Spotlight Aug 14-16 2015

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  Large race weekend for Endurance Nation. We had podium spots, first time finishers and memorable finish line moments. Congratulations team, keep up the great work! Ironman® Tri Club Global Ranking: 1st with 734,435 points Ironman® Mont-Tremblant 1st Place Tri Club Division 1 with 56,512 points Bruce Thompson 3rd AG M60-64 Kona Qualifying Ironman® 70.3…

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2015 Chattanooga Race Camp Day Two & Three Recap

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  Day Two – A day of options: On the second day of camp, EN athletes had a lot of options for training. One group decided to ride the whole 116 Mile bike course, the next group decided to drive out to the start of the loop portion of the bike course and do two…

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2015 Chattanooga Camp Day One & Two Recap

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Arrival Day On Thursday afternoon 24 Chattanooga campers arrived at the hotel to start a weekend of course training. Some camp members have raced together before so there were familiar faces, others have virtually trained together and were meeting each other for the first time. All in all it was smiles, laughs and of course…

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