Meet the Team

May Update and Live Endurance Q&A

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In this update Coach Patrick wraps up the Team performances for May (including Ironman Tulsa and Chattanooga 70.3) and discusses upcoming June events.

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Five Common Half Ironman Mistakes

Five Common Half Ironman Mistakes [PODCAST]

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach Patrick turns to the middle distance race of Triathlon. The 70.3 distance often gets disrespected because athletes are either training for an Iron Man and have a bigger mindset or they are just bumping up from the short course racing and assume…

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Tweaking Your Training Week [PODCAST]

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This week Coach Patrick Breaks down the process of what it means to optimize a week of training for an athlete. There are four different considerations that we optimize for inside Endurance Nation, and step number one is making sure that the athlete is clear on what it is they are truly optimizing. Key Talking…

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Accepting the (Early) Challenge with Daria Matthews [PODCAST]

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for another weekly endurance podcast. We hope you enjoy this short but sweet podcast with Daria Matthews. Daria is a phenomenal athlete despite her self-deprecating demeanor. When she’s not crushing all of us on the Team Strava she’s juggling the demands of work and home life. In this episode,…

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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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Evan and Leanne Go Big

Super Powered Ultra Couple (Case Study)

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Evan and Leanne Preparing for Javelina Jundred Faster Together Is This Asking For Too Much? We had some ambitious goals for this tri season (IMLP flanked by spring/fall 70.3’s), plus we needed to figure out how to adapt our usual tri season training so we could also execute a late-season 100K ultra run. As for…

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Abbey Bonner at Challenge Roth

Everything You Ever Needed to Know for Your First Ironman [A Case Study]

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Abbey crossing the line of her first full 140.6 distance event @ Challenge Roth. Looking For The Works I was looking to gain access to guidance on how to prepare for this, advice on race execution & access a reliable and robust training plan. In short, I was looking for a little bit of everything.…

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Jenn Edwards On the Move

Beginner to Expert – A Journey to Triathlon Success

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Jenn Acclimating to Race in Hawaii! Starting From Scratch Throughout my twenties and thirties, my husband and I played on two, sometimes three ice hockey teams at a time. We also dabbled in running, mountain biking, soccer, cross country skiing and all sports in between. Though I was active, somewhere along the way I looked…

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Al Truscott

Chasing Triathlon Excellence Across All the Age Groups [A Case Study]

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The Host with the Most: Another Great Epic Camp with Al! Always Active I was on age group, high school, and college swim teams. I was always the worst swimmer on the team, and a breaststroker at that. Then, in college, I became a skier in the 70s, I spent two years as a ski…

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Emily Leaves Triathlon in the Dust for MTB

Triathlon Detour to the Road Most Graveled [A Case Study]

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Emily Conquering the Leadville 100! Access Our Insider Triathlete Email Series Using Endurance Nation to Help Training Balance Work/Life/Training Balance  – Using the Ultra MTB program. I did the majority of my training on a trainer. My fitness was just where it needed to be on race day. Very happy with my 10:43 result! I…

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