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2015 Endurance Nation Tour of California, Stage 2: Nevada City to Lodi

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Stage 2: Nevada City to Lodi Another day for the sprinters (sorta) with the Tour working it’s way south on the shoulders of the Sierra Nevada mtn range. While the elevation was a net downhill, we still managed over 5.7k gain for the day. My plan for the day was to have the B group…

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Meet the Team: Raleigh 70.3 and Hawaii 70.3

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Meet team members competing in Ironman® Raleigh 70.3 and Hawaii 70.3 2015! Raleigh 70.3 Rich Stanbaugh (M 45-49) This is my third season of IM having done IMs Lake Tahoe, Los Cabos, Mont Tremblant & Cozumel and 70.3s Syracuse, Steelhead and Raleigh. I have Raleigh 70.3 and IMs Mont Tremblant & Florida on the schedule…

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Endurance Nation IRONMAN® Texas Recap 2015

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Endurance Nation teammates battled the heat and challenging course of The Woodlands, Texas to hear that famous sentence “You are an IRONMAN” With months of coaches and teammates preparing them every step along the way, it was no wonder that friendships and bonds formed   Endurance Nation crew was on site to offer cheers and…

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#ENTriChat "The Triathlon Race Prep Training Phase"

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Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, Endurance Nation hosts #ENTriChat on Twitter. The chat is a chance for athletes around the world to learn new information, share their opinions and of course, possibly win some swag along the way. This week we discussed “The Triathlon Race Prep Training Phase” with ITRIFORGOOD™ ITRIFORGOOD™ is…

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Coach Patrick's 2015 Ironman Texas Race Report

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For the speed readers, the full report is below. For the rest of you this was my 21st Ironman and I went 9:29:xx, good enough for 36th overall…26th male…5th age grouper…and 2nd in the M40-44 age group. My swim was baaaad. The bike was almost perfect and the run was a sufferfest…but my ticket is punched — Kona #7, here I come!

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Meet the Team: IM Texas

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Meet team members competing in Ironman® Texas 2015! Ron Slack (M 45-49) I’m from Edmonton Alberta Canada, married with two girls. I have been doing IM’s since 09. This will be my 10th IM however my first full year on new diet after finding out celiac ( was always crashing hard end of bike/run )…

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Texas — The Complete Race Breakdown by Endurance Nation

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Coach Patrick Wins M35-39 AG in 2012 RSVP for our FREE Four Keys of Race Execution Talk Thursday 5/14/15 @ 10am Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion- Woodforest Bank Club On the Left as You Face Transition Area —————- Texas is the earliest Ironman® of the North American season, and it is very similar to the end of…

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#ENTriChat "Better Racing through Planning"

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  Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, Endurance Nation hosts #ENTriChat on Twitter. The chat is a chance for athletes around the world to learn new information, share their opinions and of course, possibly win some swag along the way. This week we discussed “Better Racing through Planning” Inside Endurance Nation, we have…

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2015 Blue Ridge Cycling Camp Day Four Recap: Sunday Riding with Todd

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Day Four Recap: Easy (44) Like Sunday Morning, Except for the Up Part After three days of approximately 27,000 ft of gain, our minds and legs and lungs were calling out for something more “normal” — it took me several hours and much map-searching, but I was able to dial in this ride. After some…

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2015 Blue Ridge Cycling Camp Day Three Recap: Beech Mountain

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Day 3: Mast Gap Annex, Beech Mountain, Shulls Mill and even a Jagaround! After riding Mount Mitchell, it’s hard to find something that folks will still find epic. The answer? Shorten the ride to the suffering but work even harder! Beech Mountain is a three mile climb that averages around 9%. It so happened that…

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