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The Endurance Nation Four Keys of Triathlon Training – Key #4: Semper Fun!

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If you’ve stuck with this series so far, you’ve learned about #workWORKS, Return on Investment, and The Box. We conclude the Four Keys of Triathlon Training with: Key #4: Semper Fun In our experience, many triathletes get so geeked out with “my long ride needs to be X and my long run needs to be…

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The Endurance Nation Four Keys of Triathlon Training – Key #3: The Box

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In Part I we introduced you to the Four Keys of Triathlon Training and Key #1: #workWORKS. Key #2, Return on Investment, is here. Today we introduce you to the third key we use to guide the training of our athletes: Key #3: The Box Your training plan is a box of workouts. Your life…

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Patience & Discipline: How To Set Expectations for Performance as a Self-Coached Triathlete [Part 2 of 4]

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Now that we have envisioned your race experience and have determined your current “performance delta” — baseline fitness vs desired race day performance — it’s time to start doing some basic math.

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The Four Keys of Triathlon Training – Key #2: Return on Investment

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In Part I of this series, we introduced you to the Four Keys of Triathlon Training and to our first key, #workWORKS. Today we continue the discussion and give you: Key #2: Return on Investment (ROI) You are an age group triathlete with limited time, money, headspace, and Spousal Approval Units (SAUs) to invest in…

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The Four Keys of Triathlon Training: Introduction and #WorkWORKS

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Background In 2007 we published the Four Keys of Ironman Execution — powerful, yet simple to understand and execute, guidance for racing long course triathlon — inspired by our observation of and frustration with so many age group triathletes’ inability to race to their fitness potential. Since then we’ve delivered the live version of the Four…

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[CASE STUDY] Matt Aaronson (M 35-39)

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[box]This post is part of our regular Case Study series, where we highlight some of the great people that are a part of Team Endurance Nation. Our members are all ages, all abilities…and they are all awesome! We hope you enjoy learning about us. Feel free to surf the blog and Become a Team Member to explore…

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[CASE STUDY] Stephen Beyer (M45-49)

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  [box]This post is part of our regular Case Study series, where we highlight some of the great people that are a part of Team Endurance Nation. Our members are all ages, all abilities…and they are all awesome! We hope you enjoy learning about us. Feel free to surf the blog and Become a Team Member to…

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2014 USAT Long Course Nationals: Matt Aaronson, 4:31, 8' PR!

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The short version is that I had a great race at the USAT Long Course Nationals. Despite a lot of training setbacks this year driven by injury and work, I managed to take advantage of outstanding weather conditions and set an 8-minute PR with a 4:31:31 finish time. Most importantly, my run split was 1:29:15…

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Blue Ridge Camp 2014 – Day Three Report

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  After the epic trip to Mount Mitchell, we all needed something really different. Ups and Downs were approved, but it couldn’t be gargantuan…no ten mile climbs, please! On Day Three of camp, we opted for a modified version of the Blue Ridge Brutal, with either a 51 or a 74-mile option. As the elevation…

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2013 Wisconsin Race Report: Joe Machette – Throws Up All Night, 55′ Course PR, Negative Split Run!

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IM Moo 2013 – Redemption Race Before I get into this year’s race, a little preamble is in order so that you know where my head was with respect to this course.  On September 9th of 2010, Gen and I received the no-kidding, here’s the result of the biopsy, diagnosis that at the age of…

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