Yearly Archives :

2011

Rethinking the Value of the Brick Run for Long Course Triathlon

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Making improvements to your training approach is a critical annual exercise if you are looking to improve. As coaches we perform the same review, although we have the benefit of looking at training and results from a detached perspective. And our top change for the 2012 season is a big one: we decided to eliminate…

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Weekly Race Report – 11/6/11

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Here is the official Endurance Nation results update for the week ending on 11/6/2011. EN had a total of  8  athletes race in a variety of races with a 100% PR rate! Congratulations to everyone — you can read the full details below. If you’d like to join our age group members in training to…

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Return on Investment, a New Perspective on Triathlon Training, Part I – Introduction

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Lactate Threshold, Rate of Perceived Exertion, or Functional Threshold Power? Periodization or Reverse Periodization? Tastes great or less filling? As a triathlete it’s easy to get caught up in confusing and conflicting advice on how you should/should not train. As coaches of busy age group triathletes, just like you, we’d like you step back and…

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Cash for Clunkers and the Triathlete Liberation Project

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Endurance Nation has officially launched two unique programs created to encourage you to train with an Endurance Nation training plan or join TeamEN for your 2012 season. They are unique and probably controversial, but if they can help you be a better triathlete then bring it on!!!

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Florida 2011 Post Race Coach Recap

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Coach Patrick was on hand to support the 28 members racing and the handful of Training Plan athletes. Across all these folks, we have a pretty good sense of how the day played out.

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One Year of Bike Fitness Inside Endurance Nation…

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While I can’t predict your fitness future I can show you the data from one of our members. In a little under a year, he boosted his FTP up by 47 watts and improve his w/kg ratio from 3.0 wkg to 4.1 w/kg!

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Meet The Team: 2011 Florida

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TeamEN is ramped and ready to make it happen in Panama Beach with 25 rock stars ready to roll!  The weather looks spectacular for racing and if execution is the name, TeamEN has the game. This is a lively bunch with HUGE mojo and lots of laughing and chatter!  Go TeamEN! Meet a few of…

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Weekly Race Report – 10/30/11

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Here is the official Endurance Nation results update for the week ending on 10/30/2011. EN had a total of  4  athletes race in a variety of races with a 75% PR rate! Congratulations to everyone — you can read the full details below. If you’d like to join our age group members in training to…

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Weekly Race Report – 10/23/11

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Here is the official Endurance Nation results update for the week ending on 10/23/2011. EN had a total of  4  athletes race in a variety of races with a 71% PR rate! Congratulations to everyone — you can read the full details below. If you’d like to join our age group members in training to…

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The Case Against Brick Workouts

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As part of our most recent rewrite our entire triathlon training plan suite (OutSeason, Half and Full Ironman), we decided to eliminate brick workouts (runs off the bike) as a “special” workout. After years of reviewing results and the feedback of our athletes, customers, and comparing both with our own training and racing experience, we…

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