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Patrick McCrann

I Did 4.5 Hours of Threshold in Five Days this week

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Four and a half hours of threshold work in five days. Insane. A few years ago, that would have been two weeks of work, maybe more. I would have needed several days to recover from it. Today I want to break down what actually changed, what I did, what is working, what is messy, and…

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6 winter mistakes to eliminate (if you like winning)

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Your winter season only has a 20% chance of success. It falls apart through a series of small, repeated errors, that compound over time to put you on the sidelines. And your goals are in the dumpster. 

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How to Train During the Holiday Dead Zone: Choosing the Right Path for Your Winter Fitness

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Every endurance athlete knows the strange stillness that settles over the last week of December. The world takes its hands off the wheel. Work slows. Schedules dynamited. Days blur together with the smell of pine needles and leftovers. It’s the closest thing we get to collective inertia.. And for most athletes, this “dead zone” between…

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Four Resolutions That Will Transform Your Triathlon Season

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After years of coaching and watching thousands of athletes succeed (and struggle), the patterns that separate breakthrough seasons from frustrating ones have little to do with secret workouts.

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Solving for Winter Illness Protocol

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How to Restart Training Safely After Illness or Fatigue Interruptions are normal—especially in winter. Cold temperatures, stress, and immune response all increase the friction on training. Missing a few days is not a crisis. What matters is how you come back. This protocol outlines a structured way to restart without risking relapse. Save it. Use…

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Week 5 OutSeason® Guide: How to Nail Your Long Indoor Ride of the Winter Season

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Week Five of the OutSeason® is here, and 4 solid weeks are behind you. Your fitness is rising, your routine is settling in, and now you’re stepping into one of the turning points of winter training: your first long indoor ride of the season. This is the moment in the OutSeason® when we stop pretending…

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Holiday Training Tips for Endurance Athletes: Stay Fit, Stay Human, and Stay Sane

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The holidays have a funny way of turning even the most organized endurance athlete into a confused version of themselves.

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The Principle of Specificity: Why your training plan is costing you precious time on race day

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The specificity-focused week teaches your body how to hold race pace, especially under fatigue. The traditional week teaches your body how to run easy. One of these athletes crosses the finish line strong. The other is simply hoping.

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The 6 Mental Shifts Endurance Athletes need to experience every winter

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Most athletes think the OutSeason is just a training program. It’s not. It’s a permission slip to stop doing the thing that’s been breaking you.

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The Wrong Work Trap

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99% of endurance athletes are working hard on the wrong thing at the wrong time.

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