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6:59am — music blasting, kayakers herding swimmers, and nearly 2500 Ironman athletes treading water or standing on the beach of the Ironman swim start, waiting pensively to start a very, very big and long day.

7:00am — BOOM! And so begins perhaps the most unique spectacle in… Continue reading Endurance Nation - Four Secrets of the Ironman Swim Revealed

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It’s the end of another big year, with this one seeing me set PRs at distances from the 5k to Ironman, culminating in a personal best finish at Ironman Hawaii of 9:52 (photo on left).

In addition to all the racing stuff, we moved the family to Rhode Island into a great neighborhood that’s perfect for the kids. It’s kind of hard to ask for… Continue reading Endurance Nation - Year End Sale — 50% Off Coach Patrick’s Guides!

As many of you have heard by now, we lost our friend and teammate Chris Gleason on November 20, 2011 at the end of the Philadelphia Marathon. He was one of two fine young men who died that day, and many of us are still trying to make sense of what happened to such a fit and gifted athlete.

TeamEN rallied instantly around Chris’ family, raising almost $6,000 for… Continue reading Endurance Nation - Road ID Sale In Memory of Chris Gleason

The phrase “racing Ironman” is essentially an oxymoron. Within any given Ironman, there are maybe fifty athletes who will be racing to the peak of their fitness. There are another 250-ish athletes who think that they are racing, but they will most likely end up with a slower-than-desired finish.

The rest of us? Well, we are focused on getting to the finish line as fast as we possibly can.

One hundred and… Continue reading Endurance Nation - Six Ironman Marathon Secrets Revealed

Most of us don’t sign up for a triathlon because we are excited about the prospect of waking up at 5am and training in the dark. Or spending hours away from our family and friends each week.
Sure, there’s the prospect of improvement as seen in our fitness, our body composition, etc. And the lure of being able to purchase some pretty awesome gear. But at the end of the day… Continue reading Endurance Nation - Top Five Most Inspirational Triathlon Videos

Here is the official Endurance Nation results update for the races since 11/13/2011.

EN had a total of  10  athletes race in a variety of races with an 80% PR rate! Congratulations to everyone — you can read the full details below.

If you’d like to join our age group members in training to be your best, please create a FREE Five Day Trial Membership here or consider purchasing an Endurance Nation training… Continue reading Endurance Nation - Weekly Race Report – Update

As many of you have heard by now, we lost one of our own, Chris Gleason, when he died at the end of the Philadelphia Marathon this past Sunday. A consummate competitor and one of our founding members, Chris has been an integral part of Endurance Nation from the very start. Those fortunate enough to have known Chris personally will recall his unique ability to bring out the best in himself and everyone… Continue reading Endurance Nation - Remembering Chris Gleason

TeamEN takes on Ironman Arizona in the Arizona desert!  Looks to be a challenging weather day but the team is ready to make it happen.  This is a favorite event for many of our racers and they can’t wait to light this firecracker.

Meet a few of them below.

Terry Olivas

TeamEN Ironman Arizona Race Captain

My name is Terry Olivas and I’m a 40-year-old heart surgeon from Anchorage, Alaska.  I have been… Continue reading Endurance Nation - Meet the Team: 2011 Ironman Arizona

Here is the official Endurance Nation results update for the week ending on 11/13/2011, and one from last week too.

EN had a total of  4  athletes race in a variety of races with a 75% PR rate! Congratulations to everyone — you can read the full details below.

If you’d like to join our age group members in training to be your best, please create a FREE Five Day Trial Membership here… Continue reading Endurance Nation - Weekly Race Report – 11/13/11

Making improvements to your training approach is a critical annual exercise if you are looking to improve. As coaches we perform the same review, although we have the benefit of looking at training and results from a detached perspective. And our top change for the 2012 season is a big one: we decided to eliminate brick workouts (aka running off the bike) as a “special” workout.

After years of reviewing results… Continue reading Endurance Nation - Rethinking the Value of the Brick Run for Long Course Triathlon