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Patrick McCrann

Podcast: Ultra Lessons with Liz Hickox

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach Patrick sits down with long-time Endurance Nation member Liz Hickox to hear all about her adventure running Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim this October. A self-professed “mediocre” runner, Liz set out to challenge herself as the triathlon season faded away — to check off…

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Podcast: Five Ways to Hack Your Winter Training this OutSeason

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P turns over a few stones to discuss options for how to appropriately maximize your training in the winter. These pointers work for all training, not just the Endurance Nation OutSeason®…and if you have advice or tips that you think…

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Taking Control of Your Fitness This Winter via the OutSeason

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A coach is really just a time investment manager. You, as a self-coached athlete, must also play this role. “Real Life You” gives “Coach You” only so many hours of training time to work with. You assign time to the more important areas of your life: family, work, personal interests, social stuff, etc. Only then…

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Podcast: OutSeason Intro and Top Four Questions

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation www.endurancenation.us for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach Patrick introduces the OutSeason training concept. He explains how you can use our approach to Winter training to break the negative cycle of training results not matching performance outcomes. Key Talking Points How the OutSeason is built Who the OutSeason…

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Josh Wolf Bikes Across Kansas In Search of a Record Time! ⌛

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P interviews Josh Wolf on his attempt to set the Fastest Known Time to Bike Across Kansas. Four hundred and eighteen miles under 19 hours and 55 minutes. Um, yeah. Oh, and it’s for a great cause – mental health…

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How Not to Superhero this OutSeason

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It’s a long hard journey to the top. But you don’t have to make it alone. photo credit: Leszek.Leszczynski As a community of age group athletes, Endurance Nation has a unique problem to solve. What athletes are searching for endurance excellence, but this needs to be tempered with existing commitments to family, work and beyond.…

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PODCAST: Compounding Value of Run Frequency

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach Patrick returns to discuss the importance of frequent running as a tool in your training arsenal. Don’t be fooled into thinking that long runs are where it’s at. Key Talking Points Dividing Up Your Week Split Long Runs Increasing “Engaged” Run…

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PODCAST: Run Durability vs Junk Miles

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P breaks down the difference between evil junk miles and important early season running. Key Talking Points include: 100 Days of Running Event [Facebook] Run Durability Webinar Thanks for listening to this Endurance Nation podcast…find more online here.   Subscribe…

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Gabe on the Ultra Run

Eyes on the Ultra-Prize! (Case Study)

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Gabe on the Move at Moab 240 Endurance Run It All Started Five Years Ago… I joined in 2014. I had done a 70.3 Ironman and was looking to improve my performance with an eye towards doing my first full Ironman. I achieved both goals with the support of the team. When my interest shifted…

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The Llama Knows

Determining Peak Recovery with RocketBike Camp

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Bet that llama caught your attention, eh? The llama is our official mascot of RocketBike Camp, in honor of the VLaMax metric that we covered in our first post in this series. Remember, Llama Knows Best! In this next installment of our RocketBike Camp education series, we are covering the concept that we call Peak…

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