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December 2010

Five Ways To Build A Breakthrough Triathlon Season

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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.

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New for 2011: Season Planning Guidance Add to All Training Plans

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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…

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New for 2011: Season Planning Guidance Add to All Training Plans

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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…

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Please Welcome Our Newest Class of Wicked Smart Members

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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…

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Over-Acheiving on Cycling Intervals

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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…

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Top 5 Questions to Ask When Hiring A Triathlon Coach For Your Long Course Race

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Rich and Patrick deliver their Four Keys talk in Madison to TeamEN athletes and ENFans A trial member recently asked the Team for their input about the value of Endurance Nation vs hiring a local triathlon coach to prepare for their next Ironman. Before We Start: Don’t confuse proximity with proficiency. So the guy/gal lives…

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Triathlon Coaching PSA #132: No Winter Swimming

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If you are like me, you don’t like to wait. We live in an on-demand world, and nowhere is this more true than in the realm of our performance, where we seek out incremental speed gains by dropping cash on wheels and carbon widgets. If you are planning on being faster next season, and are ready to do the work to get there, here’s the single best tip we can give you this winter: Stop Swimming.

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TeamEN Community Standards

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Started in the fall of 2007 with a couple dozen athletes who followed us to EN from our days as Crucible Fitness and Performance Training Systems, TeamEN has grown to over 500 athletes. While over half of the squad has been with us for two to four years, a large number of new athletes have…

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Cash for Clunkers Training Plan Trade-In: UPDATE

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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!

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TeamEN vs IMAZ: Weekend Recap, Results and Race Reports

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Arizonawas the last official IM race appearance for the EN coaches and the next-to-last Ironman® on the ’10 calendar. TeamEN had nearly 20 athletes racing in Tempe. A few of the members arrived on Wednesday and Thursday, and met to preview the bike course and organized their own cocktail hour at Rula Bula in downtown…

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