Oct 13, 2026

The Secret Endurance Winter Protocol: Fast Before Far

Winter is the best time for endurance athletes to get stronger and faster. Most of us spend years doing it the other way around before we figure that out.

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In this episode I break down Fast Before Far, the idea behind the Endurance Nation...

Oct 6, 2026

The most important part of your 2027 season doesn't happen on race day. It happens this winter, and most athletes waste it.

In this episode, Coach Patrick McCrann explains why Endurance Nation built the OutSeason 20 years ago, and why it still works for athletes with jobs, families and real lives. You'll hear the three...

Aug 19, 2026

Why this race? And why ride it as a team? In the third and final part of our Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder recap, we get into the "why" behind five days of gravel.

I've coached for years, and I've always hated the gap between a training camp and a race. Same people, totally different weekend. This event closes that gap....

Aug 12, 2026

A coach's eye, a teammate's honesty, and we still got it wrong. In Part 2 of our Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder recap, we break down the four in-race decisions that shaped all five days.

Tire pressure that we treated as set-it-and-forget-it (and paid for over 30 miles of volcanic washboard). Seeding, and why the back of...

Aug 5, 2026

Amateurs talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics. My co-host Matt brought that line home from the Marine Corps, and after five days of racing gravel at the Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder, it's the truest thing we can tell you about stage racing.

In Part 1, we get into the boring stuff that actually wins the week: the...