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Races on May 31

CAP-Tex – Joe Hallatschek (photo at left) PR’d in this Olympic distance race with a time of 2:35:55.

Races on June 3

Dam Bike Time Trial – Tim Niedecken rode this race for a finish time of 19:41.

Races on June 4

Coliseum Rock’n'Rollman – Joe Matchette (photo at right) raced this half-Ironman for a new PR of 5:31:16.

Dam to Dam 20k – Dan Gilliatt finished this race in 1:22:17.

Rhoto Ironman 70.3 Hawaii – Dana Pedersen crossed the finish line in 7:22 for a new PR!

Tri Shark – Brian Comiskey raced in this sprint tri for a finish time of 1:12:38, earning himself a new PR.

Races on June 5

Black Bear Triathlon – Michael Kmiec PRd in this Olympic tri with a finish time of 2:53:00!

Challenge Cairns, Great Barrier Reef – Scott Connolly raced this Ironman distance tri for a time of 11:30.

Deer Creek Triathlon – Bradley Boomershine finished his Olympic distance tri with a PR-worthy time of 2:39:23.

Escape from Alcatraz – Mark Thoma finished this tri with a time of 2:53:17, a PR.

Mooseman 70.3 – Tim Cronk finished this tri in 5:32:17 and Joel crossed the line in 4:44:36.

Playtri Festival – Steve Dorris raced to a new Olympic distance PR of 2:30:56.  You can read about the event here.

Racing for Recovery – Jason Zilles ran this half Ironman in Monroe, MI for a new PR of 5:23.

Rev3 Quassy – This half Ironman had a strong Team EN presence.  Dottie Catlin finished in 7:19:13 and members can read her race report here.  Carly Costanza crossed the finish line in 6:30.  Scott Feder raced to a 5:26:38 finish and his race report is available to members here.  Jim Daley set himself a new PR with a time of 6:06 and members can read about his experience here.  Kim DuBord (photo at left) also set a new PR with a time of 4:09:38.  Members can also read her race report here.

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5/7/11 – White Lake Half Ironman – Dusty Holcomb (photo at right) and Rob Price both ran this race and both PRd!  Dusty came in at 5:22:16, while Rob crossed the line in 4:25:07. Members can read Dusty’s race report here.

5/7/11 – Eric Blakie competed in an Ironman race for a finish time of 12:19:00.

5/7/11 – St. George Ironman – Robin Sarner (photo at left) finished this race in 11:45.

5/14/11 – Kinetic Half – Matt Keiper set a new Half Ironman PR in this race with a time of 5:13:59.

5/14/11 – White Lake  – Keri Viehe raced in her very first triathlon and completed the sprint in 1:29:22!  Dusty Holcomb competed in the half ironman race and finished in 6:22:14.  Members can read his race report here.

5/15/11 – Superhero Half Marathon – Joscelin Grizzetti ran this race and set a new PR in 1:33:45.

5/15/11 – Cascade Lake Tri – Tim Jardeleza (photo below) had a great race, setting a new sprint tri PR in 1:18:52.  He came in 3rd in his age group and 14th overall.  You can read his race report here.

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Endurance Nation is expanding the focus of our successful Four Keys DVD to include resources on how to race every Ironman ™ in North America. Products will include:

• Triathlon Race Execution Radio: A weekly talk show, hosted online by Rich and Patrick, focused on race execution and anything else related to your big day.
• North American Tour of IM Events: Rich & Patrick deliver the Four Keys Pre-Race Talk at YOUR race!
• Interactive Race Guide Movies: We outline all the critical details for your next big event!
• Racing with Power and Pace eBooks: Dial in the proper effort and maximize your results!

We are asking for your input to help us make these the most useful and compelling race execution-specific products on the market, available on a triathlon race-specific website launching on 5/1/2009.

Please go here to take our survey, entering your email address at the end for a chance to win a Fuelbelt!

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The Halligan and Family

Dave Halligan, THE Halligan, the Chuck Norris of EN, a giant of a man and a legend in the EN Haus after tearing the legs off of his coaches and fellow campers at our Tour of California camp!

Dave has been with EN for just over year. IMLP’08 was his Ironman, where he negative split the bike AND the run using our execution guidance. More recently, since purchasing a Powertap in January, training with our Out-Season program and joining us for the Tour of California, Dave’s FTP has risen from 323w to 348, an 8% increase in six weeks.

More from The Halligan

Rich, I hope I didn’t talk too much last night.  We didn’t get to the part where  you ask me how EN has benefitted me the most.  Hopefully people with be able to get that from our conversation, but in case you wanted to add something here’s what I would have said:

1. The community is what it’s all about.  I’m not a social networking guy,no facebook, myspace, blog.  But EN is a different story.  It’s like a private club for down to earth, regular folks who like to train and race, but are also people that work, support families, and have other interests. Then, you get to meet some of the people at camps, races, social events, and next thing you know, you have new friends to train, race, and do other fun stuff with.
2. The shift from LSD to interval work is huge!  Not only does it spice up the workout and make it more interesting, it makes you faster.  I was skeptical at first, but was a quick convert.
3. The EN founders.  Great guys with not a hint of mightier than thou attitude.  Completely vested in how their athletes do regardless of their level and/or experience.  Always willing to help and support.

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Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts?

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Rich will be at the race to deliver the Endurance Nation Four Keys Pre-Race talk to Endurance Nation members, friends, training partners and the general public. Please join him Friday at 5pm on the pier, at the Ford booth. If Ford does not have a booth at the expo, we will meet at the Newton shoes booth. Rich will have 4Keys DVD’s to hand out to some of the attendees of the talk!

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Meet Carrie Himel of Frisco, TX. Carrie and her husband Daniel are both members of Endurance Nation and are training for Ironman Cozumel, Carrie’s first Ironman. Carrie is working mom and a neat lady, not a uber geeked out super stud, so we thought it would be valuable for you to meet her and gain her perspective on Endurance Nation.

Patrick and Rich (Endurance Nation Coaches/Founders) have the opportunity to travel to all of the North American Ironman (TM) races throughout the year and meet a ton of Endurance Nation members. But many of our members — though they train and network with each other virtually — only know each other as email addresses, forum names and signatures, rarely getting the chance to connect in the real world.

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We thought it would fun for us, the Team, and our listeners to interview our athletes. To put a name, a voice and a face to an email address/forum handle and learn more about each other! So without further ado…

Chris Gleason

Meet Chris Gleason (Chris G), an EN OG (original gangsta) with us since almost Day 1. You’ll find Chris outside Albany, or in airport on business travel, or stalking the IMLP course during training camps in the summer.

Direct download: Gleason.mp3

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She and Rich discuss weather, terrain, road conditions, hills, curves, chip seal, water temp, where to spectate, where to park, where to stay and much, much more!

If you are a mountain bike or triathlete looking for the best guidance on how to train in the dirt, there is no one better than Lynda Wallenfels. Please check her out at LWCoaching.com!

If you are registered for or thinking about racing Ironman St George, check us out at EnduranceNation.us. In only the first week of registration we already have 8-10 team members signed up for this race! We will easily have 20-30 athletes in the event by the time the gun goes off!

Direct download: SGIMTalk.mp3

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