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Patrick McCrann

10th Anniversary “Refresh from the Archives” Project — Ironman Training for the Age Group Triathlete

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2017 is the 10th anniversary of Endurance Nation! And in honor of our 10th anniversary, we’ve reached back into our archive of over 630 episodes to refresh our most popular and downloaded podcasts. We hope you enjoy this podcast as much as we enjoyed revisiting it! Ironman Training for the Age Group Triathlete: Coach Rich…

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All for Speed

Endurance Nation’s FREE Summer Speed Program

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Using our free eight week program, you will be able to add additional speed before your next big race. Forget about missed opportunities in the winter and recent poor performances on race day. This is your chance to use our proven training and racing methodology to reignite your season before the year is over. Read on or…

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Five Ways A Successful Half Marathon Will Shape Your Season

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Every winter our athletes participate in the Endurance Nation OutSeason® . This program is designed to build threshold strength on both the bike and run – your one hour power, if you will. There are multiple tests throughout the program and plenty of quality workouts, but there’s really only one run training session that we care about: the final…

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Broken Fork

So You DNF’d — Now What?

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Image Courtesy of Buster Carbon Not finishing your target race of the season can be a massive blow to your endurance ego. Your ego doesn’t care how you DNF’d; it only knows that you failed. For days, weeks, and months you have built the fitness and the expectation that you would achieve your finish line. Now what? It’s time to make…

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Episode 639: Early Season Race Execution Lessons Learned

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  Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P discusses some early season racing tips. There are plenty of lessons learned inside Team Endurance Nation once the races start — this podcast is a quick review…

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Take That Snake Mountain

2017 Blue Ridge Cycling Camp Day Three – Snake Mountain and More!

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Day Three of the Blue Ridge Parkway cycling camp…and it’s on. Hard to get back on the bike after the epic ride to the top of Mount Mitchell and back. Even harder to stay focused. After all, you just put up the biggest ride of the year the most elevation and distance. Spoiler alert — we…

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The Calm Before the Storme

2017 Blue Ridge Cycling Camp Day Two – Mt Mitchell

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Only Time My Bike Was Pointed Downhill in the Last Two Hours! AKA the “Down with Mount Mitchell Edition” The second day of our annual camp is always dedicated to this epic quest: the full ride to and from Mount Mitchell. For those of you who don’t know, Mount Mitchell is the highest point on…

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Must Have Gear for Your First Triathlon

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I recently did a podcast on the gear required to go from JV to Varsity level as a triathlete. As many of you pointed out, beginner triathletes could also use some help! Never fear…I broke out the Endurance Nation Time Machine to take myself back to 1999…the year of my first triathlon (I’ll spare you…

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Five Things We Think You Should Know [Endurance Insider]

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Here are some of coolest things we’ve seen, bought and are considering doing. It’s part of our “Endurance Insider” weekly update that goes out every Friday. Feel free to share and to sign up to be the first to know each week! Five quick bullet points that you can easily share on social media and…

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