Season Planning

Get the House in Order

Getting Your Endurance House In Order

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There’s a lot to do between now and the end of the year. But it’s not all about holiday shopping and avoiding sugary foods. If you approach December correctly, you’ll be able to set yourself up for success for the first quarter of the year.  This is where we build critical momentum. This month will…

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2020 Key Races Announced

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It’s Official ???? Your selections for 2020 races are complete. This was the first year we have included “epic” (non-triathlon) events in the calendar, so we’ll have a host of new events for next season. The usual Endurance Nation Coaching and Training applies — we will have season long guidance for all of these events…

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Why You Don’t Run As Much As You Think, and How to Fix It

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One of the biggest issues that endurance athletes face is overreaching. Simply doing too much has the potential for devastating consequences. This is something that everyone knows, but not everyone does. It is a lesson that takes years to learn and is usually a path wrought with injury and setback. But it doesn’t have to…

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What is it like to train indoors and race outdoors?

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Ian Kurth 2017 IMMT Race Report Training indoors racing outdoors   Training lead up Overall, I effectively doubled down on last year’s experiment of leveraging indoor swimming, cycling and running in various ways to achieve a training effect within my personal and professional time constraints. This means spending plenty of time in the pain cave…

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The EN Way: Set a Goal, Work the Process, and Be Accountable

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Similar to achieving any lofty goal in any area of your life, reaching your triathlon potential requires you to: Access Our Insider Triathlete Email Series Set Both Big and Enabling Goals What exactly do you want to achieve on race day and, more importantly, what critical metrics, or enabling goals, do you need to hit…

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The Value of Short Course and Single Sport Racing for the Long Course Triathlete

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As the Endurance Nation coach responsible for planning out the seasons of our athletes, it’s all too common for me to see new athletes with only on race on the calendar, usually a full distance Ironman, months and months away. We like to see our athletes race often and especially like to see them race…

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April and Triathlon Cycling

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We like our athletes to begin their OutSeason in either late October or early January. Our OutSeason is 14 weeks long and therefore our January OutSeason athletes are just now exiting their OS and beginning to transition towards training for their races this season. Since we founded Endurance Nation in 2007 we’ve seen many, many…

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Triathletes: Stop Base Training

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“Base Training” is a common theme in the triathlon world, especially in the November through about March time frame. This is how the season of most triathletes shakes out: After their final races of the year, triathletes often take a significant time away from training, losing a great deal of that end-of-season fitness. Improving or…

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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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4 New Year’s Resolutions You Should Make to Improve Your Racing

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As triathletes, we are constantly juggling multiple priorities: work, life, training, nutrition, recovery, etc. You really can’t wear a shirt that says, “Eat. Sleep. Train. Repeat.” because that shirt in no way represents everything that you do. If it were only that simple.

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