I’m not super active on the forums but I appreciate all the you all and EN have done for my triathlete skills. My goal is to get to Kona and I think I took a big step in that direction this year. Thanks for everything!! “To accomplish something extraordinary, one must have an extraordinary dream.…
read more“Wow – look at the lake. What if the race had been today?” We’d just come out of Calypso’s Coffee, early on post-race Monday after my 10th Ironman® in Coeur ‘Alene, and Cheryl was reveling in the clear skies and warm gentle breeze blowing across the water. “Yeah, no chop or whitecaps all right. But…
read moreStats Race Time: 12:32:45 40 year old male First IM – I’ve completed two half Ironman® races (Austin in 10/2013 in 5:19:xx & Oceanside in 3/2014 in 5:50:xx) FTP – 238 VDOT – 47.2 (Disclaimer – this VDOT is overstated; though I’m not sure by how much. Since my last 5k test I’ve had to…
read moreIMCdA Race Report – Jason Brandt June 29, 2014 2nd Ironman® (1st was 2013 Arizona in 10:26) Race Day Stats Total Time 10:46:28 22th of 359 (M40-44) 136 of 2466 140.6 miles Swim 1:07:40 / 55 / 296 2.4 miles T1 3:23 Bike 5:41:25 / 25 / 152 112 miles T2 1:54 Run 3:52:06 /…
read morePeter Noyes’ 2014 Coeur d’Alene Race Report Total: 11:11:37 Swim: 1:23 Bike: 6:05 Run: 3:32 Overall rank of 213 and division rank of 36 (M30-34) Long Version: I had a great first Ironman. My overall goal was to have a good run which I did. I really wanted to be around 3:30 so 3:32 is…
read more2014 Ironman® Coeur d’Alene will be noted for wind, wind, and more wind! Please go here to read Coach Rich’s Post-Race Report Now that Ironman® Coeur d’Alene is in the books, it’s time to start focusing on the rest of your season. And if you’re like most age groupers, the completion of your Ironman® has left…
read more2014 was the 12th running of the event and my 10th race weekend in Ironman® Coeur d’Alene, after having raced Coeur d’Alene 3x and done my coaching thing for seven additional trips to Idaho. This has always been a special event for me and I’d like to share the weekend with you, our readers: Thursday…
read moreEndurance Nation has a long history on the Ironman® Coeur d’Alene course: Coach Rich raced the event in ’03, ’05, and ’08, with a PR of 10:02, has been on hand for the race pretty much every year, and has coached hundreds to the Coeur d’Alene finish line. Coach Patrick raced Coeur d’Alene in ’08,…
read moreNearly 30 TeamEN athletes competed at Coeur d’Alene this year. 2013 was the 11th running of the event, the first year of Ironman’s new swim start protocol, the second year of the third permutation of the bike course and second year of the second iteration of the run course…yep, Endurance Nation has a loonngg history…
read moreCoeur d’Alene 2013 was Dino Sarti’s first Ironman® and, more importantly, was a significant milestone in a personal health and lifestyle transformation that he began over 3 years, and many, many pounds ago. Dino is local to Coach Rich, and he’s had the pleasure of training with Dino, watching him grow as an athlete and…
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