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Triathlon

Ultra Tired

Six Critical Ultra Endurance Hacks for Your Next Challenge

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Will You Have What It Takes? 2020 has quickly turned from an epic race season into something entirely…different. Depending where you fall on the emotional spectrum, you are either excited about the opportunities you have or you are despondent about everything you have lost. We are working with our teammates to make sure they remain…

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Al Truscott

Chasing Triathlon Excellence Across All the Age Groups [A Case Study]

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The Host with the Most: Another Great Epic Camp with Al! Always Active I was on age group, high school, and college swim teams. I was always the worst swimmer on the team, and a breaststroker at that. Then, in college, I became a skier in the 70s, I spent two years as a ski…

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PODCAST: Choosing One of Two Konas [Coffee Chat Edition]

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for a special Coffee Talk podcast. In this informal check-in, Coach Patrick reviews what it means to have a year with no world championships — and then (potentially) a year with two world championships. Will they need a championship steel cage grudge match to see which 2021 winner is…

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PODCAST: Matt Bach from UCAN on Making the Switch

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P interviews Matt Bach from UCAN Nutrition about his journey to using the product and how it helped him compete at a higher level. Key Talking Points The UCAN origin story. How UCAN helped Matt up his Ironman game. What is…

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Fitness vs Focus Matrix

Virtual Challenge Madness (and How to Use it to Your Advantage)

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  The surge of virtual online challenges threatens to disrupt the overall athletic progression required to be a successful endurance athlete. Real world races already have an existing hierarchy and precedence for each type of athlete. Digital challenges are the new wild West. From the Ironman Virtual Club to the Quarantine Backyard Ultra to virtual…

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Emily Leaves Triathlon in the Dust for MTB

Triathlon Detour to the Road Most Graveled [A Case Study]

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Emily Conquering the Leadville 100! Access Our Insider Triathlete Email Series Using Endurance Nation to Help Training Balance Work/Life/Training Balance  – Using the Ultra MTB program. I did the majority of my training on a trainer. My fitness was just where it needed to be on race day. Very happy with my 10:43 result! I…

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PODCAST: Fear No Challenge: Everesting & Segment Hunting (The Rob Peters Interview)

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P interviews one of our most motivated teammates — Rob Peters. Rob joined in 2017 and really never looked back. He has quickly become a huge part of this team, both physically and socially. Key Talking Points What’s In Rob’s Freezer…

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PODCAST INTERVIEW: Peter Noyes: DIY Your Next Triathlon

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach Patrick interviews Peter Noyes about his plan to complete an indoor iron-distance triathlon now that the race at IM St George was canceled due to COVID-19. Peter is an active endurance athlete, with several long-distance triathlons and ultra runs on his…

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Matt Moves to the Front of the Triathlon Pack

Improving from Back of the Pack to Pack Leader [A Triathlon Case Study]

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Matt Celebrates a Massive Personal Best Finish Time! Access Our Insider Triathlete Email Series Looking to Race to the Front of the Pack I have been a back of the pack, self-trained 70.3 triathlete since 2013, and wanted to take my training seriously with the hopes of jumping to a 140.6 by 2020. I joined…

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Racing Proud: The Gray Area between Completing and Competing

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P talks about the mindset difference between COMPLETERS and COMPETERS, both of whom will do an event but will approach it with different mindsets. How do you identify? Can you learn from another mindset if you are more aligned with a…

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