Team EN’s Mike Roberts had a pretty sweet Texas this year. Read his detailed race report below. Short Summary Swim: 1:02:33 / Bike: 5:22:37 / Run: 3:50:35 / Total: 10:21:29 / M45-49: 12/289 / OA: 166/2,437 Pre-Race I had a really good build-up to IMTX. Followed vast majority of the plan, kept injury-free, and went…
read moreIn the latest episode of the Voice of the Nation Podcast, Coach Rich Strauss sits down with Team Endurance Nation member Jason Cox to discuss his 2nd place performance in M40-44 at the Gulf Coast Triathlon in Panama City Beach, Florida. Use the player below to listen to the podcast right here!
read moreTeam EN member Jan Schorpion raced well at Ironman 70.3 Florida, and his wife Melissa raced along with him. Nothing like a little husband/wife teamwork to keep you motivated!
read moreThis was my first Ironman® and prior to the race, I had only raced in sprint distance races. When I registered for Florida in 2012, I knew right away I needed some way to train that would provide structured training plan for me to follow. I found EN via a google search and decided I…
read morePrevious IM background: Florida 2009 13:40:01, Texas 2011 DNF. Joined EN in 2010, but really only utilized the training plan. Never really plugged into the forums or dug through the wiki until this year. First IM with anything close to a race execution plan. Goal for IMAZ: 11:55:00 Arizona Times Swim: 1:16:32 T1: 8:28 Bike: 6:03:12 T2:…
read moreListen to Coach Rich’s chat with Rian about his performance at Arizona2013 on the Endurance Nation Podcast, available in the player at the end of this post! Wow! Where to start? There are many things to say, and the numbers are spinning around in my head. Its another year and another Ironman® down: My third…
read moreListen to Coach Rich’s chat with Al about his performance at Arizona2013 on the Endurance Nation Podcast, available in the player at the end of this post! “Was that you handing me my bag in T2?” Bruce Thompson had just rolled into Rula Bula. Our after party was in full swing, the EN team humming…
read moreIntroduction and Pre-race Information First off, by way of introduction, here’s a little information about me. I’m married with 4 kids. The crazy part about that is that the 4th was born right in the middle of training (in July). But the great thing about the EN training plans is that I could still make…
read moreRace Day Stats Total Time 10:26:47 38th of 312 (M35-39) 247 of 2701 Swim 1:08:04 / 56 / 412 T1 4:17 Bike 5:17:30 / 48 / 335 T2 3:07 Run 3:53:49 / 39 / 247 Race Day Goals Become an Ironman,this was my first (ACCOMPLISHED) Race less than 12 Hours (ACCOMPLISHED) A great race would be 11:09 or…
read moreFirst of all, I am sold on EN’s training and race strategy. The week of and morning of the race I was more calm than I have been at any other race of any other distance. I felt prepared and ready. having grown up swimming in the ocean in Florida, the waves on race day…
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