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MALLORCA MILES MAKETH FITNESS 

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On the way back from the cycling heaven that is Mallorca, and wanted to share out my explorations on the island – including some camp highlights. Also these notes are a good reminder for when I return in 2023 (oh yes, we will be back!). First up, the stats – 536 miles ridden and 29,950 ft…

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Cookie Cabin Rewards at Mt Lemmon

March Volume Brings April Power

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It’s official — Endurance Nation has survived the desert of Arizona in our first Spring Volume Camp. It’s been a long time since we had a training camp, and it was AMAZING to meet old friends and make new ones as well. We had 15 athletes at the camp, including Tim Cronk who helped with…

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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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PODCAST: Build Your Best RocketBike Camp August Enrollment is Open

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P introduces the brand new [RocketBike Camp] During this four week online experience, participants conduct performance testing using INSCYD software. Using this data, athletes will go through a four-week course of online lessons and key workouts in Zwift. Each new concept…

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How the Blue Ridge Cycling Camp All Started

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach P with help those of you looking to improve your cycling with the origin story of the Blue Ridge Cycling camp. Key Talking Points First Camp Mistakes Value of Cycling Only Time on a Road Bike Riding with a Group Great…

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Triathlon Race Camp

The Importance of a Race Camp for Race Prep

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  When training for a race, you first make sure you have your training plan all squared away, but is that all you need? More often than not, we forget about a Race Camp. Triathlon race camps can be the difference between a calm, cool, collected and empowered race prep versus a frazzled, under-trained, unprepared…

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How to Handle Large Endurance Volume Blocks

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for another weekly endurance podcast. This week you will learn about how to use a training camp to improve your overall fitness. Endurance training is all about managing the balance of work and fatigue to create adaptation. Walking this line safely is not an easy thing to do, but [...]read more

Planning a Solo Camp Endeavor

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Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for another weekly endurance podcast. This week Coach Patrick covers how to best prepare for a solo training camp endeavor. Strategic volume is a critical component of the Endurance Nation training approach and as a lead up to a race or major goal, it can be a make or [...]read more

2016 Texas Race Camp Day Three Recap

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Our third and final day of camp is all about the run…and an early one at that. I find that the later you start run day, the more likely you are to eat or do something else that’s going to muck up your day — plus some folks have to hit the road. So early…

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Texas Swim Camp

2016 Texas Race Camp Day One Recap

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Nothing says training camp in the Woodlands Texas like waking up in the dark in the heat. That’s right, one of the things that surprises participants most about this race is how dark it is even right up until 7 o’clock. Which is why I was not surprised to find, at my 6 AM wake-up…

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