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How to Deal with A Saturday Ironman or Half-Ironman Race

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Every year we have a few key races that fall on a Saturday instead of the traditional Sunday. While it’s only a day’s difference, you’d think the entire endurance world had turned topsy-turvy as folks simply don’t know what to make of the week. Making your final week work for a Saturday race isn’t exactly…

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Triathlon 2.0 ebook. Coming Soon, Free from Endurance Nation

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One of the guiding philosophies behind Endurance Nation is that we think of the team as an educational organization as much as a coaching organization. With that thought in mind, we developed what we consider a new way of thinking about triathlon training. We’re excited to announce the upcoming release of Triathlon 2.0: Building a Proper…

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Manage Intensity, Not Volume: A "Triathlon 2.0" eBook Excerpt

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We were thinking, it’d be a great idea to give you a taste of what’s coming up in our new eBook, Triathlon 2.0: Building a Proper Season. To whet your appetite, we’ll be putting out a chapter a week for the next few weeks, right here on the Endurance Nation Blog. Of course, there is…

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FREE Four Keys of Wisconsin Pre-Race Talk

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“Your fitness is merely a vehicle you drive 140 miles on race day. Do you know how to drive it?” Our Four Keys Talk at Lake Placid was a tremendous success, by any measure — Endurance Nation coaches Patrick McCrann and Rich Strauss delivered detailed Lake Placid race execution guidance to a near capacity audience…

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How To Tame The Hilliest Bike Course The EN Way

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There Is No Such Thing as a Hard Triathlon Bike Course Technically, no, not in the truest sense of the word “hard” or when it comes to cycling. So while that course profile might seem pretty legit to you, know that there are tons of other events with harder courses, more gain, and more overall…

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Long Course Bike: It's Not About The Gain

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It’s Not About the Gain It’s common for Ironman® athletes to “shop a bike course,” searching out information on the relative difficulty of bike courses and usually focusing on the total elevation gain. However, in our experience, elevation gain doesn’t tell the complete story about the relative difficulty of Ironman® bike courses. Rather, the primary…

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Heart Rate Training Redefined, Part I — Fitness is in the Muscles

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We focus exclusively on age-group triathlon training that leads to measurable, quantifiable results. At the foundation of our approach to training is the idea that fitness is in the muscles, not the cardiovascular system. In other words, running with a higher heart rate doesn’t make you faster, it just means you have a higher heart…

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Unscientific Markers of Triathlon Training Fatigue

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If you are a triathlete, odds are you really like to train. For most of us, triathlon isn’t just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle choice. This level of commitment has both Pros and Cons; where you fall on the perspective spectrum is usually a function of how you view your current experience. But for all…

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How To: Adding A Last Minute Ironman to Your Season

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We get really good questions every week from you, our loyal audience. Some are really personal, others are really crazy, but most are applicable to the greater tri space. Instead of emailing just you back, in true EN spirit we’ll be sharing some of our responses so the at-large triathlon community can benefit. After all,…

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The Ironman Tweak

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I am often asked about the proper Ironman® Taper. In fact, I think I just saw another post about it on the USAT coaches listserv. People want to know how much to decrease their training, where to continue working to stay sharp, etc. And they want a formula, some kind of random Xhours times Yeffort…

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