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Conquering the Climbs, Part One: There is No Pixie Dust

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By: Rich Strauss

May 9, 2016

Spring has sprung, bikes have been unlocked from their trainers and triathletes everywhere have been begun to ride…wait for it…on the roads! And that often means hills and that often has us hearing many “I’m not a climber” comments. There are many myths and a lot of misinformation swirling around the triathlon interwebs about…

Endurance Nation Long Course Triathlon Execution Seminar, Tuesday, June 14th

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By: Rich Strauss

May 2, 2016

Endurance Nation has had over 1000 Ironman® finishers per year, every year, since 2010. We are the 3-time Ironman® Tri Club Global Champions in Division I, for clubs with over 400 members. In that time we’ve created bullet proof processes for successfully racing long course triathlon. For over 15 years, Endurance Nation Coach and Founder Rich Strauss…

The Value of Short Course and Single Sport Racing for the Long Course Triathlete

By: Rich Strauss

May 2, 2016

As the Endurance Nation coach responsible for planning out the seasons of our athletes, it’s all too common for me to see new athletes with only on race on the calendar, usually a full distance Ironman, months and months away. We like to see our athletes race often and especially like to see them race…

April and Triathlon Cycling

By: Rich Strauss

April 20, 2016

We like our athletes to begin their OutSeason in either late October or early January. Our OutSeason is 14 weeks long and therefore our January OutSeason athletes are just now exiting their OS and beginning to transition towards training for their races this season. Since we founded Endurance Nation in 2007 we’ve seen many, many…

Triathletes: Stop Base Training

By: Rich Strauss

February 29, 2016

“Base Training” is a common theme in the triathlon world, especially in the November through about March time frame. This is how the season of most triathletes shakes out: After their final races of the year, triathletes often take a significant time away from training, losing a great deal of that end-of-season fitness. Improving or…

Hot off the Press! Powered By Endurance Nation

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By: Patrick McCrann

February 24, 2016

Where local meets global Introducing the Powered by Endurance Nation Program Endurance Nation rolls out their Powered by EN program for local triathlon clubs. This program will allow triathlon clubs of all sizes to use the already proven resources of the 3x Ironman® Tri Club Global Champions and Official Coaching Program of Revolution3 Triathlon. As a Powered…

EN “Teacher Workdays”

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By: Patrick McCrann

February 4, 2016

Endurance Nation “Teacher Workdays” While you may understand that a lot of hard work goes into being a triathlon coach, it is just as hard to keep a triathlon coaching business moving forward. In addition to the weekly team meetings we have inside Endurance Nation, we recently added what our Marketing Director, Mariah, affectionaly calls…

Five Triathlon Season Planning Tips from Endurance Nation

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By: Rich Strauss

February 3, 2016

I’m the “Season Planning Coach” on the team, responsible for outlining the training of our athletes depending on the flow of their races across the year. As such, I’m frequently mentoring our athletes on proper selection of races and giving them a macro view of their race calendar. Below are my tips for you, to…

2016 January Volume Camp Day Three Recap

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By: Coach P

January 17, 2016

Plan for the day was a swim followed by a bike ride. Due to inclement weather on Friday (Day One), we moved the long the long ride back to today. So what was meant to be a lighter day was going to be one of the stronger ones…and we all knew it.

4 New Year’s Resolutions You Should Make to Improve Your Racing

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By: Coach P

December 29, 2015

As triathletes, we are constantly juggling multiple priorities: work, life, training, nutrition, recovery, etc. You really can’t wear a shirt that says, “Eat. Sleep. Train. Repeat.” because that shirt in no way represents everything that you do. If it were only that simple.