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2016 Long Course Triathlon Training Plan Updates and Sale

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2016 marks the 9th year of Endurance Nation and…we can’t keep track of how many times we’ve rewritten our long course triathlon training plans across nearly a decade of putting over 1000 triathletes per year across long course finish lines. Coaches Rich Strauss and Patrick McCrann both extensively experimented with their own training and racing…

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Five Triathlon Season Planning Tips from Endurance Nation

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I’m the “Season Planning Coach” on the team, responsible for outlining the training of our athletes depending on the flow of their races across the year. As such, I’m frequently mentoring our athletes on proper selection of races and giving them a macro view of their race calendar. Below are my tips for you, to…

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Improving Body Composition in the OutSeason and Beyond

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The significant directive of our reworking of the OutSeason training plan to create the OutSeason/Run Durability training plan was to bring the best practices of our top athletes more into the mainstream of the greater Endurance Nation community. That is, we want everyone on the team to consider adopting the mindset and focus on small…

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Training Plan Sale: Save 20% on NEW 2016 OutSeason Training Plans

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Since 2005, OutSeason training has been at the core of the breakthrough triathlon performances we help our athletes achieve: After a brief transition period at the end of their season, TeamEN athletes turn towards making themselves faster 5k, 10, or half marathon runners and 40k time trial cyclists. We do this through relatively low volume, high…

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Coach Rich – What I Learned During the 2015 Triathlon Season

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This post was originally written internally for our members. I’m sharing it with the rest of the triathlon world, to give some insights. Enjoy! ++++++++ Ironman Chattanooga is in the books, leaving just Kona on the ’15 race calendar, with regards to how RnP like to divide up our planning year. That is, we’ve historically…

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2016 OutSeason and the Evolution of Endurance Nation

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Rich Strauss and Patrick McCrann, the Endurance Nation coaches, feel that the 2015 racing season was a watershed year for them, as both athletes and coaches. They learn just as much from watching their athletes as they do from their own training and racing…the combination of these two elements is a large part of what makes…

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Endurance Nation Ironman® Wisconsin 2015 Race Recap

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Ironman Wisconsin Team   Endurance Nation and I have a long and illustrious history at Ironman® Wisconsin — I raced the inaugural year of the event in 2002, finishing in 10:05 and earning my first Kona slot. I’ve since raced it in 2004 and 20011, and have conducted training camps on the course and Four Keys…

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2015 Endurance Nation Tour of California, Stage 3: San Jose

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Stage 4: San Jose to San Jose, a monster climbing day, featuring 5 KOMs (4 x Cat4, 1x Cat2 and 1x HC, Mt Hamilton). Stage Map Stage Profile The Ride Plan My original plan was to ride from San Jose to about the bottom of the Quimby Rd KOM and take the campers off the…

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2015 Endurance Nation Tour of California, Stage 2: Nevada City to Lodi

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Stage 2: Nevada City to Lodi Another day for the sprinters (sorta) with the Tour working it’s way south on the shoulders of the Sierra Nevada mtn range. While the elevation was a net downhill, we still managed over 5.7k gain for the day. My plan for the day was to have the B group…

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Endurance Nation Tour of California Training Camp: Stage 1

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This year Coach Rich conducted a training camp on the course of the Tour of California…during the race! This dynamic makes for one of the most unique training camp experiences you find. In this series of posts, Rich will give you his Stage by Stage report of the camp. ++++++++++++ This was my 6th running…

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