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October 2014

Meet the Team: Florida 2014

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Meet some of the team members competing in Ironman® Florida 2014! Steve Beyer (M 45-49) Born and raised in Chicagoland area. Have most awesome supportive wife ever… she’ll probably wear out the cowbell on race day! Married 23 years with 6 children, oldest daughter just made us grandparents this year. Lot of athletics as kid,…

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IRONMAN® Arizona, the Complete Race Breakdown, by Endurance Nation

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA After preparing all year for this late-season event, athletes competing at IRONMAN® Arizona can help themselves have a great race-day experience with these helpful tips. Formerly an April event, IMAZ moved to November in 2008 because of the intense heat and challenges associated with racing at that time of year. The current…

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The OutSeason® Shopping List for Triathletes

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Having a great “next year” starts much sooner than you think. Inside Endurance Nation our focus begins in the winter with our OutSeason® training program. The OutSeason® is a no-nonsense, highly-focused training block designed to improve critical bike and run fitness. It is synchronized with the time when you have minimal volume demands in intentional,…

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Case Study: Jenn Edwards (W40-44) — EN Veteran

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[box]This post is part of our regular Case Study series, where we highlight some of the great people that are a part of Team Endurance Nation. Our members are all ages, all abilities…and they are all awesome! We hope you enjoy learning about us. Feel free to surf the blog or Become a Team Member to explore…

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Redefining Triathlon in Winter — The OutSeason®

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Don’t Spend Winter In A Speedo — Unless It’s Like This! Winter is coming, and it’s time to start thinking about what you will do now to achieve your 2014 season goals. I’m not suggesting that you _have to_ do race-like volume or put in massive training weeks. But if your goals for 2014 involve…

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Meet The Team: Austin 70.3

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Meet some of Team EN members competing at Austin 70.3® 2014! Jeff Leslie (F 45-49) San Antonio, TX. Third year in a row at this event. Looking to improve some from last year, which was a major improvement from the first year (ie….after joining EN!). Would like to move into top quarter of AG.    …

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Meet The Team: Beach to Battleship 2014

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Meet some of Team EN members competing at Beach to Battleship 2014! Leslie Knight (F 45-49) I’m a US Air Force Family physician and my current job is commander of the medical group at Holloman AFB, NM . I started my athletic career as a runner because the Air Force made me, then aerobics classes, then took…

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Coach Patrick's 2014 Ironman Hawaii Race Report

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The Bike on Strava: Part 1 = http://app.strava.com/activities/207403160/ The Marathon on Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/207403993/ I arrived in Kona with my highest level of bike fitness and solid confidence in my run and my run execution plan. As I noted to several other athletes here during the week, Kona is one of those races where you can’t…

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Hawaii Finish Shot

Twenty Winter Triathlon Training Do’s and Don’ts

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TeamEN at the 2014 Ironman World Championships DON’T Have an OffSeason In our experience and observation, once you give yourself permission to be “off,” this starts a cascade of counterproductive effects that will significantly impact your performance next season. Specifically, having an OffSeason gives you explicit permission to tear down many of the gains you’ve…

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IRONMAN® Chattanooga Race Report: Victor Heredia, 12:10, from IMLT to IMChoo in 6 days!

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IMChoo was my second first Ironman (after being smoked out from IMLake Tahoe). I think it is appropriate to tell a little bit of my journey to my first Ironman. I signed up for IMLT in March 2014 after a backcountry ski day in Lake Tahoe. The idea of completing an Ironman sounded like a…

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