Endurance Nation

As an example, here are the links to Coach Patrick’s review of the Ironman Lake Placid Bike and Run courses from our 2011 Triathlon Rally. This talk is divided into five separate sections, so fire up your Internet connection, grab a nice beverage, and get ready to get your learning on.

We are deep in the Ironman season and that means IMUSA, Louisville, and Wisconsin. Many athletes pre-ride these courses, to see what they are in for on race day, and more than a few times we receive this comment in the forum: “So…I rode the IMXX bike course this weekend. Per your power/heart rate guidance, [...]

Finally, a Team EN update with results and some excerpts from their race reports as posted in our members-only forum. The following is an overview of our results with some additional color commentary added! Yeah, Endurance Nation!

TeamEN had 30 athletes on the course last weekend. Many of them are eager to tell their stories and we present them here to you in a consolidated blog post. Be sure to check back frequently as this will be updated over the coming weeks!

Having raced the course 5 times, with a PR of 10:01, and conducted 6 camps in Lake Placid, Patrick knows IMUSA inside and out. These are his tips for you: Is there really a cable under the water for the swim? Absolutely. Experience across hundreds of athletes has shown that IMUSA will most likely be [...]

After two hard days of training on the swim, bike and run courses with one kinda messy due to the weather, it was time for the campers to knock out a long run on the course. Others chose to swim, some chose to swim and run. A few even raced the Lake Placid Half Marathon [...]

Over 40 campers met in the parking lot of High Peaks Cyclery to conduct a race rehearsal ride on the IMUSA course, armed with Rich’s instructions and the Four Keys guidance from the night before. Rich instructed everyone to ignore everyone, especially in the first 8 miles to the Keene downhill, and ride their ride, just as they would on race day. Rich then started last, drilled it towards the front of the field, making observations and taking mental notes for his talk that evening. It was very instructive to witness the different riding styles and discipline on the course.

TeamEN members and fans have assembled for the Endurance Nation IMUSA Tri-Rally — a weekend of training, learning, and fun. Last year Rich and Patrick committed themselves stepping away from the traditional model of the expensive weekend training camp to instead offer the same quality experience, for free, to their Team and to the athlete [...]

Marianne is an EN OG (Original Gangsta), having attended Rich’s Ironman Louisville camp in June 2007, and then joining EN from the very beginning. She is THE EN Denmother and the Don of the EN Arkansas Mafia.

Kitima, or EN Code Name Kitboo, is a relatively new member. She gives us a great perspective on our power and pace focus, and is another example of how you don’t have to be a skinny, bald, Type A, male 25-35 power geek to find value in training with power.