Join Coaches Rich and Patrick for a recap of Kona and our recent Team Challenges. Our repeat Ice Cream Time Trial Champ dials in and reveals just how close he was to the edge! Amazing!

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Join Coach Patrick as he quickly talks you through the race from the turn on the bike at Hawi (not halfway!) and the entire marathon. Learn how to stay focused, what to stay focused upon and where (most likely) your wheels will come off on race day!

Duration: 15:00

Join Endurance Nation coaches Rich Strauss and Patrick McCrann as they walk you through the last week pre-Kona and give key pointers re: race day. Combined they have raced Kona 4 times and have plenty of crazy stories to tell and key advice to share.

Note: Show was cut short a bit...kind of a cliffhanger. We'll revisit latter half of the race in Episode #17!

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Join Rich and Patrick to learn why they have a love hate relationship with Fall marathons. Learn how you can improve with out them, when to do them, and if you insist upon it, how you can structure your training.

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Endurance Nation Coaches Rich Strauss and Patrick McCrann discuss the performances of their 13 athletes on the IMWI course, and lessons learned from them and other competitor. Rich and Patrick will also discuss the upcoming off-season and welcome their latest crew of new members, joining the team yesterday!

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Coach Patrick wraps up the 2009 Ironman Louisville experience. He talks about the 30 athletes who raced (results) and the overall process of supporting the team (pictures). He even includes some race day / Kona tips before talking about the 2010 OutSeason Training Plan Sale through 9/30 and the Team EN Waitlist!

Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation for a quick preview of our 2010 OutSeason plans and what makes them so insanely effective.

Join Endurance Nation Coaches Rich Strauss and Patrick McCrann as they recap the weekend at Endurance Nation.

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Contents include:

USA numbers summary --
    •    36 athletes
    •    70 @ dinner
    •    100 @ talk
    •    about 500 DL's of 4keb in the last 2wks
    •    4 x podiums and kona slots
    •    Coaches on the course at 7/19, caught nearly all of our athletes at the finish
Race execution notes --
    •    Reiterate no training race week
    •    Checklists
    •    Value of 4Keys talk
    •    Bike mount line
    •    Early bike pacing and hydration
    •    Not wigging out over potential weather on the bike
    •    Early run pacing
    •    Last 6-8 miles of IMUSA so much more critical than any other race.

Episode 11: Rich and Patrick talk about the Hidden Value of Steady Pacing on Raceday. Listen to the full show online here. Be sure to check out our future schedule and tune in live next time!

Episode 10: Rich and Patrick talk about the most important aspect of your training -- preparing to race: Determining pace, nutrition, & gear for your big day.

Rich and Patrick wrap Ironman CDA. We talk about the Team presence both during the week but on the big day, as well as how the race went down. We cover some lessons learned re execution, point out some great racing by EN folks, and review our Team approach to the week.

In the second half, RnP cover the highlights of the Ironman USA swim.

Go To Episode 9 Here

Rich and Patrick, fearless leaders of Endurance Nation, check in during their work week in Coeur d'Alene 2009.

Join Rich and Patrick for this hour long show that covers the elusive Ironman taper. In addition to outlining how you can set up your own taper, Rich and Patrick conduct an interview with The Halligan about his experience at the Mooseman Half. Your fearless leaders finally have time to discuss a few of the nuances of the IM Coeur d'Alene swim and transition areas. A great hour!

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Since we were up in Lake Placid at our annual camp, we were unable to broadcast the Race Simulation show live. Rich and I sat down an recorded this offline, so you can enjoy exactly what we want you to know about Race Simulation workouts: how to plan, execute, and analyze them. What to look out for and how to make critical decisions on what to wear and where to ride.

Length: Approx 47 minutes.

Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation talks about the true value of racing with a plan for an Endurance Nation athlete.

Coach P reflects on how it's natural to worry about a missed workout...but why it ultimately doesn't matter...at all!  Tune in and then focus on the future!

Join Endurance Nation coaches Rich Strauss and Patrick McCrann for Episode #5 of Race Execution Radio. This week Rich and Patrick talk Racing Hilly Ironman Bike Courses and they interview Matt Ancona (mancona), a Team EN athlete around his most recent race performance.

First Half: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/endurancenation/2009/05/18/Endurance-Nation-Radio-Weekly-Check-In-With-The-Coaches

Second Half: Audio file included here.

In the fourth episode of Triathlon Execution Radio, Rich and Patrick talk the specifics of Long Course Bike set up for race day. From fit to wheels to helmets to food...we've got it all covered!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/endurancenation/2009/05/11/Endurance-Nation-Radio-Weekly-Check-In-With-The-Coaches

Approx 45 minutes.

Join Rich and Patrick as they welcome the final 58 members to sign up for TeamEN before the membership drive ended on 5/1/2009!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/endurancenation/2009/05/04/Endurance-Nation-Radio-Weekly-Check-In-With-The-Coaches

Coach Patrick talks about the looming Ironman CDA event and helps re-focus you to making that guy feeling into an ally instead of your training and racing enemy.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/endurancenation/2009/04/27/Endurance-Nation-Radio-Weekly-Check-In-With-The-Coaches

Tune in to hear Rich and Patrick discuss the TriathlonExecution survey results, wrap up the 4/25-/26 weekend of Team Events and cover critical race-specific swimming guidance.

Join Coach Patrick of Endurance Nation as he helps an athlete consider how to interpret the new results from a recent bike threshold test.

Meet John Stark: EN NorCal Sleeper Cell Member and our Ironman Couer d'Alene Team Captain. John joined EN in October 2008. In that time his FTP on the bike has increased 14%, from 235 to 275w. Rich and John discuss his progress within EN and his performance at Ironman California 70.3.

Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts?

Please create a 30-day free trial to check us out before the 5/1/2009 deadline.

Meet Kris Frazier. Kris is an EN OG, Charter Member of the Lil' Peeps Mafia, Ironman Louisville Team Captain, and a resident of Louisville, KY. She lives right on the bike course and is recently the former president of the Louisville Landsharks Triathlon Club.

Since training with Endurance Nation, Kris has seen a 24% FTP increase, 12% VDot increase, a 7' HIM PR on a hilly course vs her former flat course PR. She also finished her first Ironman, Louisville, "coherent and with a smile on her face," and is ramping up for another breakthru performance at L'ville this year.

Marianne is an EN OG (Original Gangsta), having attended Rich's Ironman Louisville camp in June 2007, and then joining EN from the very beginning. She is THE EN Denmother and the Don of the EN Arkansas Mafia.

Marianne and Rich discuss her challenging day at Ironman New Orleans 70.3 and her training for Ironman Lake Placid 2009.

Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts?

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Meet Tom Glynn of Danville, CA. Tom is another member of our EN NorCal Sleeper Cell and is fast becoming the EN Poster Boy for MOP to FOP progression.

Since joining Endurance Nation in the fall of 2007, Tom's VDot has risen from 51 to 55.  His Functional Threshold Power (FTP) on the bike has increased 43%, from 215w to 304w. That increased fitness has translated into some very impressive PR's: from a 11:55 at IMAZ'07 to an 11:12 at IMLP'08. Most recently Tom, PR'ed Ironman California 70.3 2009 by 25', on unrested, untappered legs as he focuses on Ironman Coeur d'Alene this season.

Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts?

Please create a 30-day free trial to check us out before the 5/1/2009 deadline.

Meet Verna Mandel of Pasadena, CA. Verna has been with us since early 2008 and has made great strides on the bike and run. She and her 47cm bike are members of the Lil' Peeps Mafia, and she is also our resident WKO+ software expert: another example of how Endurance Nation is a unique learning environment in the tri-space.

Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts?

Please create a 30-day free trial to check us out before the 5/1/2009 deadline.

Kitima, or EN Code Name Kitiboo, is a relatively new member. She gives us a great perspective on our power and pace focus, and is another example of how you don't have to be a skinny, bald, Type A, male 25-35 power geek to find value in training with power. Oh, and she's also a smart doc-type who gives us her expertise on a number of issues.

Since joining EN her running VDot is up 2 points and her FTP on the bike is up...wait for it, 36.7%!

Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you’ve heard in these podcasts?

Tune in as Rich and Patrick talk preparation for IMCDA over the last 10 weeks. They celebrate some killer EN athlete results and examine some of the other "experts" in the triathlon space. Available online via BlogTalkRadio.com.

Note: This is a weekly show, tune in online or on your phone, at 12pm EST every Monday.

Meet Todd Glass. Todd and his family live in St. Louis. He is another athlete who has been with us, off and on, since the Crucible Fitness days. He is currently in the rarified fitness air of an FTP north of 300w, and VDot in the high 50's. But he did a lot of work to get there. In the '08-09 Out-Season with Endurance Nation, Todd's FTP has risen 22%, from 265 to 325w. His VDot has climbed from 50 to 57. With an IM PR of 10:15, Todd is poised for even greater things at IMCDA in a couple months.

Matt Sullivan, another member of the EN Northern Illinois Sleeper Cell, is next in our podcast series. Matt's Functional Threshold Power (FTP) on the bike has risen from 175w to 222w, 27%, using our Out-Season training program this weekend. He has also set 45" 5k and 2' 10k PR's this winter.

Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you've heard in these podcasts?

Meet Helen Brauch (the one in the middle), or Nemo as she is known to the member of the EN Haus. Nemo has been with us since January '08 and is a charter member of the EN Lil' Peeps Mafia. While training with EN last year she PR'ed IMWI by 1:54. Her previous IM was IMFL, a much faster course.

She and a few other EN Chicas will be joining us for our Tour of California 2010 training camp!

Listen Now!

Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you've heard in these podcasts?

After meeting so many of our NIL Sleeper Cell, it's time to shift towards the Left Coast and talk to the leader of our NorCal Sleeper Cell: Steve Cramer! Yep, there is ANOTHER solid squad of EN athletes training and racing together in the East Bay area and Steve Cramer deserves much of the credit for bringing them onto the team by setting the local fitness and training example.

Steve has been inside the Endurance Nation/Crucible Fitness house since about 2006. His Ironman PR has plummetted, from an 11:37 to a 10:08, an effort at IMLP'08 that earned him a slot to Kona, where he raced to a 10:43.

Can your triathlon coach or training plan demonstrate a history of delivering results and testimonials like the ones you've heard in these podcasts?

Today EN broke new ground, using the BlogTalkRadio service to host a live broadcast of an hour-long Intro to EN talk by Rich and Patrick.  Now you can listen -- and join -- us as we talk LIVE. Call in and ask those tough EN questions...no holds barred! This will be a weekly recurringent event on Mondays in April @ 12pm EST, so be sure to tune in next week!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/endurancenation

Please find the file under the "On Demand" section of our page. Note there a slight delay on the front end of the file, so you might have to fast forward a bit.

Hope you can join us next week!

RnP

Dave Halligan, THE Halligan, the Chuck Norris of EN, a giant of a man and a legend in the EN Haus after tearing the legs off of his coaches and fellow campers at our Tour of California camp!

Dave has been with EN for just over year. IMLP'08 was his Ironman, where he negative split the bike AND the run using our execution guidance. More recently, since purchasing a Powertap in January, training with our Out-Season program and joining us for the Tour of California, Dave's FTP has risen from 323w to 348, an 8% increase in six weeks.

More from The Halligan

Rich, I hope I didn't talk too much last night.  We didn't get to the part where  you ask me how EN has benefitted me the most.  Hopefully people with be able to get that from our conversation, but in case you wanted to add something here's what I would have said:

1. The community is what it's all about.  I'm not a social networking guy,no facebook, myspace, blog.  But EN is a different story.  It's like a private club for down to earth, regular folks who like to train and race, but are also people that work, support families, and have other interests. Then, you get to meet some of the people at camps, races, social events, and next thing you know, you have new friends to train, race, and do other fun stuff with.
2. The shift from LSD to interval work is huge!  Not only does it spice up the workout and make it more interesting, it makes you faster.  I was skeptical at first, but was a quick convert.
3. The EN founders.  Great guys with not a hint of mightier than thou attitude.  Completely vested in how their athletes do regardless of their level and/or experience.  Always willing to help and support.

Rich and Dan go way, way, way back to the early beginnings of his Crucible Fitness days. They have been business, virtual training, and trash-talking partners for years. Dan has a PR of 10:20 at IMLP’07 and recent placed 9th in a bitter cold and rainy Michigan time trial.

When Dan isn’t doing cool stuff with his fitness, like running 40 miles in the snow on his 40th birthday, you can find him coordinating the websites and marketing campaigns of his clients through Dan Socie Creative, or sharing a home office with his wife, Steph, as they tackle the birth announcement world through their shared business 2Peas1Pod

Endurance Nation Coach Rich Strauss discusses every inch, turn, hill and stride of the CaliHalf course. He knows it very, very well!

We are pleased to introduce Linda Patch.

Linda is one of our original members. Linda set a 1:30+ PR at Ironman Flordia 2008 after training with EN for about a year. Since joining us in October, 2007, Linda's Functional Threshold Power (FTP) on the bike has increased from 146w to 181w, a 24% gain. Her VDot on the run has increased from 34 to 39 during our Out-Season program this year.  Most notably, through working with a "special" power-training protocol that we discuss in this podcast, she has increased her 5' power from 206w to 221w since December.

Oh yeah, she is also a 50's-ish mother of four sons and the owner of Linda Patch and Associates, a PR and marketing firm. No, she is not some young thing with tons of recovery and time resources on her hands and, yes, she is very, very busy!

Matt Ancona is another member of EN Northern Illinois Sleeper Cell who has seen incredible gains after joining Endurance Nation after his fall marathon. You can read about Matt's improvement over the Out-Season in this detailed post on his blog: http://ironmancona.blogspot.com/2009/03/en-out-season-results.html

Coach's Summary:
Bike: 20% gain in FTP, from 209w, 3.3w/kg to 251 watts and 4.07 w/kg
Run: 3.2 VDot increase in 16wks, with his final test coming shortly.

Patrick and Rich (Endurance Nation Coaches/Founders) have the opportunity to travel to all of the North American Ironman (TM) races throughout the year and meet a ton of Endurance Nation members. But many of our members — though they train and network with each other virtually — only know each other as email addresses, forum names and signatures, rarely getting the chance to connect in the real world.

We thought it would fun for us, the Team, and our listeners to interview our athletes. To put a name, a voice and a face to an email address/forum handle and learn more about each other!

Meet Carrie Himmel of Cisco, TX. Carrie and her husband Daniel are both members of Endurance Nation and are training for Ironman Cozumel, Carrie's first Ironman. Carrie is working mom and a neat lady, not a uber geeked out super stud, so we thought it would be valuable for you to meet her and gain her perspective on Endurance Nation.

Patrick and Rich (Endurance Nation Coaches/Founders) have the opportunity to travel to all of the North American Ironman (TM) races throughout the year and meet a ton of Endurance Nation members. But many of our members -- though they train and network with each other virtually -- only know each other as email addresses, forum names and signatures, rarely getting the chance to connect in the real world.

We thought it would fun for us, the Team, and our listeners to interview our athletes. To put a name, a voice and a face to an email address/forum handle and learn more about each other!

Join Coach Rich and Patrick as they talk about Patrick's 30-Day Run Project, the Cali Half coming up, training with TSS/fitness in the muscles and what set's  Endurance Nation apart from the coaching competition. Approx 45' in duration.

Patrick and Rich (Endurance Nation Coaches/Founders) have the opportunity to travel to all of the North American Ironman (TM) races throughout the year and meet a ton of Endurance Nation members. But many of our members -- though they train and network with each other virtually -- only know each other as email addresses, forum names and signatures, rarely getting the chance to connect in the real world.

We thought it would fun for us, the Team, and our listeners to interview our athletes. To put a name, a voice and a face to an email address/forum handle and learn more about each other! So without further ado...

Meet Chris Gleason (Chris G), an EN OG (original gangsta) with us since almost Day 1. You'll find Chris outside Albany, or in airport on business travel, or stalking the IMLP course during training camps in the summer.

Listen in as Coach Rich and Patrick do a walk through of EN, who we are, how we work, and how you can plug in to achieve your triathlon best. About 45' in duration with some references to the webinar we were doing.

Endurance Nation Coach Rich Strauss and professional mountain biker and coach Lynda Wallenfels, of LWCoaching.com, discuss the brand new St. George Ironman. Lynda is a long time resident of St. George, a former Ironman athlete, and knows every inch of the bike and run courses.

She and Rich discuss weather, terrain, road conditions, hills, curves, chip seal, water temp, where to spectate, where to park, where to stay and much, much more!

If you are a mountain bike or triathlete looking for the best guidance on how to train in the dirt, there is no one better than Lynda Wallenfels. Please check her out at LWCoaching.com!

If you are registered for or thinking about racing Ironman St George, check us out at EnduranceNation.us. In only the first week of registration we already have 8-10 team members signed up for this race! We will easily have 20-30 athletes in the event by the time the gun goes off!

Coach Patrick gives a not-so-succinct review of the importance of capturing your fitness at the end of your OutSeason / OffSeason Program. Hard to tell if you are going to get to where you want to be (race day) if you don't know where you are (right now). Time to test people!

Endurance Nation coaches Rich Strauss and Patrick McCrann discuss the teams incredible race results last weekend, Rich's clinic in NoCal this coming weekend, and preview their Bike Fit webinar coming at the end of the month.

In the fall of 2008, Endurance Nation conducted a free, 90' webinar on our unique "Out-Season" training protocols. The webinar was converted to an ebook, which you can download below. Over 3000 athletes have read the ebook!

This Fall, Endurance Nation conducted a free, 90' webinar on heart rate based training. The webinar was converted to an ebook, which you can download below. Over 1000 athletes have read the ebook!

Heart Rate Training Redefined

We've now made the entire audio presentation available, also for free!

Coach P wraps up the Stump The Chump challenge, talking about the following: $1200 for Speed — What To Buy and GoodRun/BadRun in an Ironman.

Coach P takes a swing at the Stump the Chump questions…including Wetsuit Selection, Intensity vs Base training and much more!

The 60'+ audio file to accompany our free ebook: Introduction to Training and Racing with Power.

Coach Rich discusses his thoughts on the "compartmentalization of fitness" adhered to by much of the triathlon world, and how this severely limits the perspectives and performances of age group athletes.

Please share your thoughts with us by adding a comment!

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Coach Rich and Patrick talk about the Stump The Chump project, the impending release of their FREE Power Training eBook (stay tuned people!) and the two online events they are playing in next week: Triathlete's Coffee Shop and a webinar with Mike Folan of infinIT nutrition! Enjoy it!

Enough of Rich and Patrick talking about the camp; it's time for the campers to have their say. We are excited to have Leigh and Brian, both first time campers, weigh in with what was cool, fun, and epic about our week together in CA. Remember you can see the pics from the camp here! Enjoy!

Approx. 21:00

Listen along as Rich and Patrick review their personal highlights from the 2009 Tour of California Camp. If you haven't already, be sure to check out the hundreds of camp pictures and videos in our Camp Album.

Coach Patrick reviews the magical ride that was Day 5 (thru Fort Hunter Ligget) and preps for the TT day in Solvang. Enjoy!

Coach P checks in with a review of Stage 4's Epic Day with 4 KOMs and 2 Sprints. 65 miles of incredible riding yesterday left smiles on everyone's faces...and Day 5 looks to be a great ride as we depart from the scheduled course for some coastal riding.

Coach P recaps the 50-mile ride day, including the epic climb up Sierra Mtn Road!

Coach P preps you for our big Day Three trip over Sierra Mtn road.

Coach P wraps up our second day of camp, looking forward to Day Three's excitement!

Enjoy Coach P's preparations for the second day of the TOC Camp!

Coach Patrick recaps the crazy day that was Stage One of the 2009 TOC, from missing TT bikes to KOMs, it's all here. Enjoy!

(Approx 6.5' total)

Join Coach Patrick at 5am in his hotel room to recap the prologue action and to outline what's ahead for folks on the first Stage, Davis to Santa Rosa. Full specs and pics and links over on the Team EN blog here. Slideshow here. Enjoy!

(Approx 10' in length)

Join Coach Patrick as he sits down to talk with Roman Micah of Everymantri.com to learn more about this endurance entrepreneur, his background, his work, and what 2009 has in store for his fans.

Endurance Nation Triathlon Coaches Rich and Patrick review the recent Boston Weekend (Open House / Power Clinic / Swim Clinic). They also talk about the most important part of your season -- the OUTSeason!

Listen along as Rich and Patrick take you back in the day to the very beginning of Endurance Nation. They talk candidly about their business prowess (or lack thereof) as well as about all the amazing things that have happened in the last 1.5 years. We even include some new updates and our goals for 2009! It's going to be a great year!!!!

Listen along as Coach Patrick recaps the growth and highlights of 2008, then he briefly introduces some of the new changes coming into play in early January 2009. If you prefer, watch the video on the Endurance Nation blog or on YouTube.