Yearly Archives :

2018

Endurance Nation at Ironman World Championships

2018 Inside Endurance Nation

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What a year of growth and evolution Endurance Nation has had! Endurance Nation, the product, continued to evolve to meet the needs of the 21st-century endurance athlete.  If you thought it was hard to keep up with all of your workouts and races, try operating the controls behind the scenes. Our most significant step forward…

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The Ultimate Endurance Athlete Race Bucket List

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Raise your hand if you are addicted to challenges? Two hands if your challenges include endurance sports.  The Endurance Nation team tends to have both hands raised at all times. Inside the team, an Ultimate Bucket List has been forming (so large we can’t even share in its entirety), however, we thought we would share…

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Cozumel Race Report: A Lesson in Building Speed Through the Years

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Have you ever noticed those last stubborn 5lbs you might want to skim, can be the peskiest to drop? The same can be for a personal record in your sports performance.  Sometimes, the longer you are in a sport or the more elite you are, the more difficult personal records can become. A thirteen-minute personal…

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The Secret To Endurance Success

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The Secret To Endurance Success When we think of endurance training, we often look at it from a singular viewpoint. Either by race, by season, by a specific goal. But the real reward is viewing endurance training as well, endurance training… aka, the long game. Each race, each season, every success, every failure, the day-to-day,…

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Race Execution and Proper Marathon Pacing

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  After months of training and countless miles, your race is here. Hundreds of hours of hard work all come down to one day and 26.2 miles. Yet after juggling workouts, recovery, managing your commitments, and making nuanced adjustments to your nutrition, the most common race strategy is practically no strategy at all: 1 —…

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Winter Training the Healthy, Smart and Fast Way

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2019 OutSeason® Training Challenge There is a reason why Endurance Nation has been leading the endurance training and racing game for over a decade, results. Each Endurance Nation OutSeason® Training Plan combines our focus on Quality Training with a commitment to Early Season Consistency.  The outcome? In just fourteen weeks you will build an incredible…

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The Build Up To Kona: How To Stay On Target

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach Patrick finishes up his 2018 Kona Race Report Podcast. You can catch Part One here (The Build Up To Kona: How To Train Like A Coach) and find out exactly how the race went, and what adjustments he made in order…

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Couch to Marathon: Your Go-To Guide

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Running, or rather road racing is currently one of the most popular activities in the United States. It’s cheap (only need shoes), it’s accessible (just go outside), it’s social (join a club), and it good for your health (in moderation)…in short, running has the deck stacked in its favor when it comes to rapid growth.…

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Cross Training For Endurance Athletes – A Beginners Guide

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  Runners are creatures of habit. We like to run. Especially marathoners, who often favor higher mileage and skip the “extras” that don’t directly contribute to their marathon-specific fitness. Those cross-training workouts – like core work, pool running or cycling, and strength exercises – can have dramatic benefits for marathoners and shouldn’t be skipped. Knowing when to…

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The Build Up To Kona – How To Prepare Like A Coach

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P reviews his Ironman Hawaii, World Championship experience, starting with the first half of his year — planning, training, preparation, etc. There is a myriad of things that go into a “good” race at the world championships. Some of it is just…

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