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We received an email from an athlete racing Ironman Canada and he asked if FastCamp would be appropriate for his season. Rich creates a customized Season Plan and accompanying screencast for all our trial members and TeamEN athletes, so he decided to do the same for this athlete. Season Plan   Accompanying Season Plan Screencast [...]

NEW from Endurance Nation, FastCamp is a FREE, limited time only opportunity for you to train with an Endurance Nation training plan under the direct guidance of EN Coaches Rich Strauss and Patrick McCrann. FastCamp beings Monday, March 12 and ends Sunday, May 6th >> Go here to register and to claim your FastCamp slot! The [...]

Every year people just get faster. Equipment gets better, technology improves, finish times seem to get faster…it’s all part of that seemingly inexorable march to a bigger better (faster) world. But at the same time, we know that nothing is guaranteed. All the fancy equipment in the world won’t put you ahead of someone who has out-trained, out-prepared and/or out-raced you. So shop all you want, but know that if you are truly going to be a better triathlete next season, you are going to have to raise the bar in many areas of your athletic life.

Which Way Will Your Season Go? photo credit: piermario Every January is a special time inside the world of Endurance Nation, as we release the next version of our Ironman and Half Iron training plans. While the members of Team EN always get the latest and greatest versions as part of their membership, each new [...]

Wicked Smart Members (WSM’s) are TeamEN athletes who’ve been recognized by their peers as being…wicked smart…with wicked triathlon coaching skills. Whenever a WSM speaks on pretty much any topic, their opinions and advice carry as much or more weight as the coaches themselves. WSM nominations are submitted by the Team, not the coaches, with zero [...]

At this time, December 2010, nearly all of our 500 athletes are training inside the Team with our OutSeason training plan. They have grouped themselves into October, November, December, and January OutSeason groups, and have begun to share workout results and notes with each other. This is a great motivational and accountability tool, and is [...]

t’s been less than a month since we announced our “Cash for Clunkers” training plan trade-in program and we wanted to give you an update: We have paid over $4,000 so triathletes don’t have to train with their old, clunker training plans!

This weekend TeamEN will be represented by 16 athletes at Ironman Arizona. Coach Rich be on hand to lead the athletes and their families, including a team dinner on Friday, our Four Keys Talk on Saturday, and rallying up family and friends to support the squad on the run course. We’d like to introduce you [...]

Endurance Nation will you pay you 100% of the purchase price of any competing triathlon training plan–CASH–to dump that plan and trade up to an Endurance Nation OutSeason Training Plan. We know our plans work and are the best anywhere…now you have zero excuse to not try one out!

September traditionally marks the end of the season for Endurance Nation, as we use Ironman Wisconsin as a opportunity to reflect on the year, extract valuable lessons, and make plans to implement changes in 2011. Actually, this process is continuous, internally, but for many reasons a lot of stuff just comes together for us around [...]